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The Ballad of Narayama

Shōhei Imamura

1983 • 2h 10m

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is ...

The Ballad of Narayama

THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Masters of Cinema) Trailer

Cast

Ken Ogata

Ken OgataTatsuhei

Sumiko SakamotoOrin

Tonpei Hidari

Tonpei HidariRisuke

Aki Takejo

Aki TakejoTamayan

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi OzawaKatsuzô

Fujio Tokita

Fujio TokitaJinsaku

Sanshō Shinsui

Sanshō ShinsuiZeniya Tadayan

Seiji Kurasaki

Seiji KurasakiKesakichi

Junko Takada

Junko TakadaMatsuyan

Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko BaishoOei

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji TonoyamaTeruyan

Ben Hiura

Ben HiuraYakimatsu

Casey Takamine

Casey TakamineArayashiki

Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji KobayashiTsune

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Nijiko KiyokawaOkane

Crew

Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei ImamuraDirector

Shinichiro Ikebe

Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer

Hajime Okayasu

Hajime OkayasuEditor

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