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The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…

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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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Cast

  • Ken Ogata Ken Ogata Tatsuhei
  • Sumiko Sakamoto Sumiko Sakamoto Orin
  • Tonpei Hidari Tonpei Hidari Risuke
  • Aki Takejo Aki Takejo Tamayan
  • Shoichi Ozawa Shoichi Ozawa Katsuzô
  • Fujio Tokita Fujio Tokita Jinsaku
  • Sanshō Shinsui Sanshō Shinsui Zeniya Tadayan
  • Seiji Kurasaki Seiji Kurasaki Kesakichi
  • Junko Takada Junko Takada Matsuyan
  • Mitsuko Baisho Mitsuko Baisho Oei
  • Taiji Tonoyama Taiji Tonoyama Teruyan
  • Ben Hiura Ben Hiura Yakimatsu
  • Casey Takamine Casey Takamine Arayashiki
  • Nenji Kobayashi Nenji Kobayashi Tsune
  • Nijiko Kiyokawa Nijiko Kiyokawa Okane
  • Akio Yokoyama Akio Yokoyama Amaya
  • Kaoru Shimamori Tomekichi
  • Yukie Shimura Amaya's Wife

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