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The Ballad of Narayama
“With my mother on my back, now is the time to say goodbye to this world.”
June 1, 19581h 38m
76%
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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.
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The Ballad of Narayama Cast
Kinuyo TanakaOrin
Teiji TakahashiTatsuhei
Yūko MochizukiTamayan
Seiji MiyaguchiMatayan
Yūnosuke ItōMatayan's son- Ken MitsudaTeruyan
Danko IchikawaKesakichi- Keiko OgasawaraMatsu-yan
Eijirō TōnoMessenger
Kō NishimuraOne of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
Masao OdaOne of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners- Katsuyuki HattoriTatsuhei's son (uncredited)
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