The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

1958
1h 38m
7.5

7.5/10

88 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
Overview

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?

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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Shochiku
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

family relationships dying traditions social convention

Quick Facts

Original Title 楢山節考
Release Date June 1, 1958
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0051980

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka

Orin

Teiji Takahashi
Teiji Takahashi

Tatsuhei

Yūko Mochizuki
Yūko Mochizuki

Tamayan

Seiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi

Matayan

Yūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke Itō

Matayan's son

Ken Mitsuda
Ken Mitsuda

Teruyan

Danko Ichikawa
Danko Ichikawa

Kesakichi

Keiko Ogasawara
Keiko Ogasawara

Matsu-yan

Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno

Messenger

Kō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura

One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)

Katsuyuki Hattori
Katsuyuki Hattori

Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)

Tokuji Kobayashi
Tokuji Kobayashi

One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)

Key Crew

Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Ryuzo Otani
Producer
Masaharu Kokaji
Producer
Keisuke Kinoshita
Screenplay