The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Drama
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
Cast
Orin
Tatsuhei
Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)
One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
Tamayan
Matayan
Matayan's son
Teruyan
Kesakichi
Matsu-yan
Messenger
One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Writer
Director of Photography
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Set Designer
Editor
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Producer
Producer
Assistant Director
Production Design
Novel
Sound Mixer
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist