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Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It… - The Ballad of Narayama
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Title: The Ballad of Narayama

Release Date: 29 Apr 1983

Runtime: 2h 10m

Genre: Drama

Director: Toei Company

Production Companies: Toei Company

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.5 (168 votes)

Cast

  • Tatsuhei: Ken Ogata
  • Orin: Sumiko Sakamoto
  • Risuke: Tonpei Hidari
  • Tamayan: Aki Takejo
  • Katsuzô: Shoichi Ozawa
  • Jinsaku: Fujio Tokita
  • Zeniya Tadayan: Sanshō Shinsui
  • Kesakichi: Seiji Kurasaki
  • Matsuyan: Junko Takada
  • Teruyan: Taiji Tonoyama
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