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The Ballad of Narayama (1958)

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Drama / 98 min / NR

In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude. Orin, a vibrant 69-year-old grandmother, has accepted her fate — but struggles to prepare the rest of her family for the ritual.

Director: Keisuke Kinoshita

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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

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Cast 13

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

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