The Ballad of Narayama (1958)

ALL 06/01/1958 (ja) Drama 98 Min
  • Release
    06/01/1958
  • Production
    Shochiku
  • Rotten tomato
    74%
  • Original title
    楢山節考
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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?

  1. Story



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  1. Kinuyo Tanaka

    Orin

  2. Teiji Takahashi

    Tatsuhei

  3. Yūko Mochizuki

    Tamayan

  4. Seiji Miyaguchi

    Matayan

  5. Yūnosuke Itō

    Matayan's son

  6. Ken Mitsuda

    Teruyan

  7. Danko Ichikawa

    Kesakichi

  8. Keiko Ogasawara

    Matsu-yan

  9. Eijirō Tōno

    Messenger

  10. Kō Nishimura

    One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)

  11. Katsuyuki Hattori

    Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)

  12. Tokuji Kobayashi

    One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)

  13. Masao Oda

    One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 13 , Crews : 18

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The Ballad of Narayama (1958) 98 Min

ALL 06/01/1958 (ja)
Drama
  • Release 06/01/1958
  • Production
    Shochiku
  • Original title 楢山節考
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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?

  1. Keisuke Kinoshita

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Yoshi Sugihara

    Editor

  4. Ryuzo Otani, Masaharu Kokaji

    Producer