
The Ballad of Narayama
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
1983 ja 130 minutes
Rating: 7.5
Plot
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.
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Cast

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

Taiji Tonoyama
Teruyan

Casey Takamine
Arayashiki

Nenji Kobayashi
Tsune

Nijiko Kiyokawa
Okane

Akio Yokoyama
Amaya

Mitsuko Baisho
Oei