The Ballad of Narayama
Japanese · 楢山節考
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
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.
- Released
- 1 Jun 1958
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Also known as
- La balada de Narayama, Ballad of Narayama, Narayama bushikô, A Balada de Narayama
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Screenplay
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cinematography
- Hiroshi Kusuda
- Music
- Kineya Rokuzaemon XIV, Matsunosuke Nozawa
- Editor
- Yoshi Sugihara
- Elsewhere
- TMDB
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Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Orin
Teiji Takahashi
Tatsuhei
Yūko Mochizuki
Tamayan
Seiji Miyaguchi
Matayan
Yūnosuke Itō
Matayan's son
Ken Mitsuda
Teruyan
Danko Ichikawa
Kesakichi
Keiko Ogasawara
Matsu-yan
Eijirō Tōno
Messenger
Kō Nishimura
One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
Masao Oda
One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners
Katsuyuki Hattori
Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)
