The Ballad of Narayama
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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?
Release Date : 1958-06-01
Language :Japanese
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : Shochiku
Production Country : Japan
Alternative Titles : the ballad.of narayama
Cast
Character Name : Orin
Original Name : Kinuyo Tanaka
Gender : Female
Character Name : Tatsuhei
Original Name : 高橋貞二
Gender : Male
Character Name : Tamayan
Original Name : 望月優子
Gender : Female
Character Name : Matayan
Original Name : 宮口精二
Gender : Male
Character Name : Matayan's son
Original Name : 伊藤雄之助
Gender : Male
Character Name : Teruyan
Original Name : 三津田健
Gender : Male
Character Name : Kesakichi
Original Name : Danko Ichikawa
Gender : Male
Character Name : Matsu-yan
Original Name : Keiko Ogasawara
Gender : Female
Character Name : Messenger
Original Name : 東野英治郎
Gender : Male
Character Name : One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
Original Name : 西村晃
Gender : Male
Character Name : Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)
Original Name : Katsuyuki Hattori
Gender : Male
Character Name : One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
Original Name : 小林十九二
Gender : Male
Character Name : One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
Original Name : 織田政雄
Gender : Male
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