The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Movie
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.
Directed By : Shōhei Imamura
Genres : Drama
Status : Released
Released : Apr 29, 1983
Tagline : Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
Length : 130 minutes
Cast
- Ken Ogata
- Sumiko Sakamoto
- Tonpei Hidari
- Aki Takejo
- Shoichi Ozawa
- Fujio Tokita
- Sanshō Shinsui
- Seiji Kurasaki
- Junko Takada
- Mitsuko Baisho
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Ben Hiura
- Casey Takamine
- Nenji Kobayashi
- Nijiko Kiyokawa
- Akio Yokoyama
- Kaoru Shimamori
- Yukie Shimura
- Masami Okamoto
- Kansai Eto
- Satoko Iwasaki
- Hideo Hasegawa
- Kenji Murase
- Sayaka Nakamaru
- Azumi Niwa
- Kosei Sato
- Norihei Miki
- Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Crew
- Director : Shōhei Imamura
- Screenplay : Shōhei Imamura
- Novel : Shichirō Fukazawa
- Production Design : Gorô Kusakabe
- Set Decoration : Senki Nakamura
- Set Decoration : Mitsuto Washizawa
- Makeup Artist : Seiko Igawa
- Hairstylist : Zenichirô Ishikawa
- Key Hair Stylist : Takeshi Matsuo
- Key Hair Stylist : Yōichi Mitsuoka
- Hairstylist : Tomoe Ookawa
- Assistant Director : Shunsaku Ikehata
- Assistant Director : Nobuaki Murooka
- Assistant Director : Kunio Takeshige
- Assistant Director : Takashi Tsukinoki
- Sound : Kenichi Benitani
- Assistant Sound Editor : Toshio Nakano
- Assistant Sound Editor : Tatsuo Tsukamoto
- Special Effects : Yoshio Kojima
- Original Music Composer : Shinichiro Ikebe
- Producer : Jirô Tomoda
- Director of Photography : Masao Tochizawa
- Art Direction : Hisao Inagaki
- Art Direction : Tadataka Yoshino
- Costume Design : Kyoto Isho
- Editor : Toshihiko Kojima
- Editor : Fusako Matsumoto
- Editor : Hajime Okayasu
- Editor : Yoshiko Onodera
- Editor : Masahito Watanabe
- Assistant Camera : Shigeru Komatsubara
- Assistant Camera : Yutaka Kanazawa