The Ballad of Narayama
29/04/1983
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 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
Cast


Ken Ogata
Tatsuhei
Sumiko Sakamoto
Orin


Tonpei Hidari
Risuke


Aki Takejo
Tamayan


Shoichi Ozawa
Katsuzô


Fujio Tokita
Jinsaku


Sanshō Shinsui
Zeniya Tadayan


Seiji Kurasaki
Kesakichi


Junko Takada
Matsuyan


Mitsuko Baisho
Oei


Taiji Tonoyama
Teruyan


Ben Hiura
Yakimatsu


Casey Takamine
Arayashiki


Nenji Kobayashi
Tsune


Nijiko Kiyokawa
Okane


Akio Yokoyama
Amaya
Kaoru Shimamori
Tomekichi
Yukie Shimura
Amaya's Wife
Masami Okamoto
Amaya's Son


Kansai Eto
Kinyan


Satoko Iwasaki
Sugiyan
Hideo Hasegawa
Kenji Murase
Sayaka Nakamaru
Azumi Niwa
Kosei Sato


Norihei Miki
Shioya


Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Matayan
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