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The Ballad of Narayama
(1983)
Narayama-bushi kô
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
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Stars: Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Aki Takejo, Tonpei Hidari, Seiji Kurasaki
Director: Shôhei Imamura
Writer: Shohei Imamura, Shichirô Fukazawa
Language: English
Studio: Toei Company
Duration: 130
DVD Release: July 2008
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 he/she 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, Tatsuhei's mother |
Aki Takejô | Tamayan, Tatsuhei's wife |
Tonpei Hidari | Tatsuhei's brother |
Seiji Kurasaki | Kesakichi, older son |
Kaoru Shimamori | Tomekichi, younger son |
Hiroshi Kanazawa | Cinematographer |
Ryutaro Tatsumi | Matayan, the old neighbor |
Masao Tochizawa | Cinematographer |
Shigeru Komatsubara | Cinematographer |
Junko Takada | Matsu |
Nijiko Kiyokawa | Okane |
Mitsuko Baisho | Oei |
Shoichi Ozawa | Katsuzo |
Sanshô Shinsui | Tadayan |
Norihei Miki | Old salt dealer |
Akio Yokoyama | Amaya |
Sachie Shimura | Amaya's wife |
Masami Okamoto | Amaya's son |
Fujio Tsuneda | Jisaku |
Taiji Tonoyama | Teruyan |
Casey Takamine | Arayashiki |
Ben Hiura | Yakimatsu |
Fujio Tokita | Jinsaku |
Tsutomu Miura | |
Nenji Kobayashi | Tsune |
Yukie Shimura | Amaya no Nyôbô |
Kan Eto | |
Kansai Eto | Kin'yan |
Fusako Iwasaki | |
Hideo Hasegawa | |
Satoko Iwasaki | |
Kenji Murase | |
Sayaka Nakamaru | |
Sayuka Nakamura | |
Azumi Tanba | |
Kosei Sato | |
Shinichirô Ikebe | Composer |
Gorô Kusakabe | Production Designer |
Hisao Inagaki | Art Director |
Tadataka Yoshino | Art Director |
Kyoto Isho | Custome Designer |
Genre: Drama, Foreign
Media: DVD
Sound: Mono
IMDb: 0084390