Watch NowThe Ballad of Narayama (1983)
PG
11/06/2007 (GB)
Drama
2h 10m
- 75% (176 votes)
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Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
Overview
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.
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector, Screenplay
Original Title
楢山節考
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
- pink film
Top Billed 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
Taiji Tonoyama
Teruyan
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