Film

The Ballad of Narayama

1983 · 2h 10m · Drama

Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

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.

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

Mitsuko Baisho

Oei

Taiji Tonoyama

Teruyan

Ben Hiura

Yakimatsu

Casey Takamine

Arayashiki

Nenji Kobayashi

Tsune

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Okane

Akio Yokoyama

Amaya

• Shōhei ImamuraDirector · Screenplay
• Shichirō FukazawaNovel
• Jirô TomodaProducer
• Masao TochizawaDirector of Photography
• Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer
• Hajime OkayasuEditor
• Toshihiko KojimaEditor
• Fusako MatsumotoEditor
• Yoshiko OnoderaEditor
• Masahito WatanabeEditor

THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Masters of Cinema) Trailer

Release date

April 29, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

R 18+

Genres

Drama