The Ballad of Narayama

Name: The Ballad of Narayama
Genre: Drama
Released: 1958-06-01
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yūko Mochizuki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yūnosuke Itō

With my mother on my back, now is the time to say goodbye to this world.

楢山節考 (1958)

1:38 (98 min)

Drama

Japan

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Production

Shochiku

Release date

1 June 1958

Director

Keisuke Kinoshita

Scenario

Shichirō Fukazawa

Author

Composer

Matsunosuke Nozawa

Producer

Masaharu Kokaji

All team (18)

Actors

Kinuyo Tanaka

Orin

Teiji Takahashi

Tatsuhei

Yūko Mochizuki

Tamayan

Seiji Miyaguchi

Matayan

Yūnosuke Itō

Matayan's son

Ken Mitsuda

Teruyan

Danko Ichikawa

Kesakichi

Keiko Ogasawara

Matsu-yan

All actors and roles (10)

Short description

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.