The Ballad of Narayama (1983)2h10
Drama
Director Shōhei Imamura
Also directed Vengeance Is Mine, Black Rain, The Eel, and 22 more
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
Sumiko Sakamoto
Tonpei Hidari
Aki Takejo
Shoichi Ozawa
Fujio Tokita
Sanshō Shinsui
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