The Ballad of Narayama

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Ken Ogata

Tatsuhei

Age : 71 | Popularity : 31%

Sumiko Sakamoto

Orin

Age : 87 | Popularity : 3%

Tonpei Hidari

Risuke

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Aki Takejo

Tamayan

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

Shoichi Ozawa

Katsuzô

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Fujio Tokita

Jinsaku

Age : 81 | Popularity : 6%

Sanshô Shinsui

Zeniya Tadayan

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Seiji Kurasaki

Kesakichi

Age : 64 | Popularity : 11%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Shōhei Imamura
	Novel	Shichirō Fukazawa
Directing	Director	Shōhei Imamura
	Assistant Director	Takashi Tsukinoki Nobuaki Murooka Shunsaku Ikehata Kunio Takeshige
Sound	Original Music Composer	Shinichirô Ikebe
	Sound	Kenichi Benitani
	Assistant Sound Editor	Toshio Nakano Tatsuo Tsukamoto
Art	Art Direction	Hisao Inagaki Tadataka Yoshino
	Production Design	Gorô Kusakabe
	Set Decoration	Senki Nakamura Mitsuto Washizawa
Camera	Director of Photography	Masao Tochizawa Shigeru Komatsubara Hiroshi Kanazawa
Editing	Editor	Hajime Okayasu Toshihiko Kojima Fusako Matsumoto Yoshiko Onodera Masahito Watanabe
Production	Producer	Jirô Tomoda
Costume & Make-Up	Key Hair Stylist	Yōichi Mitsuoka Takeshi Matsuo
	Costume Design	Kyoto Isho
	Makeup Artist	Seiko Igawa
	Hairstylist	Zenichirô Ishikawa Tomoe Ookawa
Crew	Special Effects	Yoshio Kojima
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