The Ballad of Narayama1983
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
Director
Screenplay
Shōhei Imamura
Actors
Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari, Aki Takejo, Shoichi Ozawa, Fujio Tokita, Mitsuko Baisho, Taiji Tonoyama, Nenji Kobayashi, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Norihei Miki
Music
Versions
Theatrical – 130 Minutes
Genres
About the film
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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Ratings
7.5tmdb
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