The Ballad of Narayama 1983

Synopsis

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
• Mitsuko Baisho Oei

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