The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
"With my mother on my back, now is the time to say goodbye to this world."
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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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Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Orin
Teiji Takahashi
Tatsuhei
Yūko Mochizuki
Tamayan
Seiji Miyaguchi
Matayan
Yūnosuke Itō
Matayan's son
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Ken Mitsuda
Teruyan
Danko Ichikawa
Kesakichi
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Keiko Ogasawara
Matsu-yan
Eijirō Tōno
Messenger
Kō Nishimura
One of the villagers...
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Katsuyuki Hattori
Tatsuhei's son (uncr...
Tokuji Kobayashi
One of the villagers...
Masao Oda
One of the villagers...