
The Ballad of Narayama
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.
The Ballad of Narayama
April 29, 1983
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Cast (28)

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

Kaoru Shimamori
Tomekichi

Yukie Shimura
Amaya's Wife

Masami Okamoto
Amaya's Son

Kansai Eto
Kinyan

Satoko Iwasaki
Sugiyan

Hideo Hasegawa
N/A

Kenji Murase
N/A

Sayaka Nakamaru
N/A

Azumi Niwa
N/A

Kosei Sato
N/A

Norihei Miki
Shioya

Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Matayan
Crew (25)
Directing

Takashi Tsukinoki
Assistant Director

Shōhei Imamura
Director

Shunsaku Ikehata
Assistant Director

Nobuaki Murooka
Assistant Director

Kunio Takeshige
Assistant Director
Writing

Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay

Shichirō Fukazawa
Novel
Production

Jirô Tomoda
Producer
Sound

Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer

Kenichi Benitani
Sound

Toshio Nakano
Assistant Sound Editor
Art
Camera

Masao Tochizawa
Director of Photography

Shigeru Komatsubara
Assistant Camera

Yutaka Kanazawa
Assistant Camera
Costume & Make-Up
Crew
No data availableEditing

Fusako Matsumoto
Editor

Yoshiko Onodera
Editor

Masahito Watanabe
Editor

Hajime Okayasu
Editor

Toshihiko Kojima
Editor