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The Ballad of Narayama( 1958)

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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?

    Top Billed Cast

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      Kinuyo Tanaka

      Orin

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      Teiji Takahashi

      Tatsuhei

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      Yūko Mochizuki

      Tamayan

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      Seiji Miyaguchi

      Matayan

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      Yūnosuke Itō

      Matayan's son

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      Ken Mitsuda

      Teruyan

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      Danko Ichikawa

      Kesakichi

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      Keiko Ogasawara

      Matsu-yan

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      Eijirō Tōno

      Messenger

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      Kō Nishimura

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

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      Katsuyuki Hattori

      Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)

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      Tokuji Kobayashi

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

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      Masao Oda

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

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • family relationships
    • dying traditions
    • social convention