The Ballad of Narayama (1958)

Name: The Ballad of Narayama
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Genre: Drama
Released: 1958-06-01
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yūko Mochizuki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yūnosuke Itō

19581h 38mDrama

In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude. Orin, a vibrant 69-year-old grandmother, has accepted her fate — but struggles to prepare the rest of her family for the ritual.

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Cast

Kinuyo TanakaOrin
Teiji TakahashiTatsuhei
Yūko MochizukiTamayan
Seiji MiyaguchiMatayan
Yūnosuke ItōMatayan's son
KKen MitsudaTeruyan
Danko IchikawaKesakichi
KKeiko OgasawaraMatsu-yan
Eijirō TōnoMessenger
Kō NishimuraOne of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
KKatsuyuki HattoriTatsuhei's son (uncredited)
Tokuji KobayashiOne of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
Masao OdaOne of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)

Crew

Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Writers: Keisuke Kinoshita
Producers: Ryuzo Otani Masaharu Kokaji
Music: Matsunosuke Nozawa Kineya Rokuzaemon XIV
Cinematography: Hiroshi Kusuda
Editing: Yoshi Sugihara

Details

Released: June 1, 1958
Language: Japanese
Studio: Shochiku
IMDb: tt0051980