The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
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
- 1958-06-01
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Keisuke Kinoshita, Keisuke Kinoshita
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 from 94 votes
Cast
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Orin
- Teiji Takahashi as Tatsuhei
- Yūko Mochizuki as Tamayan
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Matayan
- Yūnosuke Itō as Matayan's son
- Ken Mitsuda as Teruyan
- Danko Ichikawa as Kesakichi
- Keiko Ogasawara as Matsu-yan
- Eijirō Tōno as Messenger
- Kō Nishimura as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
- Masao Oda as One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners
- Katsuyuki Hattori as Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)