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The Ballad of Narayama

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Calorie Rating: 183
Released: 1983-04-29
Running Time: 130 Minutes
Studios: Toei Company,


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.

Director / Directors

Shunsaku Ikehata
Assistant Director
Nobuaki Murooka
Assistant Director

Kunio Takeshige
Assistant Director
Takashi Tsukinoki
Assistant Director


Cast

Ken Ogata
Character: Tatsuhei
Sumiko Sakamoto
Character: Orin
Tonpei Hidari
Character: Risuke

Aki Takejo
Character: Tamayan
Shoichi Ozawa
Character: Katsuzô
Fujio Tokita
Character: Jinsaku

Sanshō Shinsui
Character: Zeniya Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki
Character: Kesakichi
Junko Takada
Character: Matsuyan

Taiji Tonoyama
Character: Teruyan
Casey Takamine
Character: Arayashiki
Nenji Kobayashi
Character: Tsune

Nijiko Kiyokawa
Character: Okane
Akio Yokoyama
Character: Amaya
Mitsuko Baisho
Character: Oei


Production and Crew

Gorô Kusakabe
Production Design

Senki Nakamura
Set Decoration
Mitsuto Washizawa
Set Decoration
Seiko Igawa
Makeup Artist

Takeshi Matsuo
Key Hair Stylist
Yōichi Mitsuoka
Key Hair Stylist

Tomoe Ookawa
Hairstylist
Toshio Nakano
Assistant Sound Editor

Tatsuo Tsukamoto
Assistant Sound Editor
Yoshio Kojima
Special Effects
Shinichirô Ikebe
Original Music Composer

Hiroshi Kanazawa
Director of Photography
Shigeru Komatsubara
Director of Photography

Masao Tochizawa
Director of Photography
Hisao Inagaki
Art Direction
Tadataka Yoshino
Art Direction

Kyoto Isho
Costume Design