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The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

Drama
1958, Movie, 1h 38min
This haunting, kabuki-inflected version of a Japanese folk legend is set in a remote mountain village where food is scarce and tradition dictates that citizens who have reached their seventieth year must be carried to the summit of Mount Narayama and left there to die. The sacrificial elder at the center of the tale is Orin (Kinuyo Tanaka), a dignified and dutiful woman who spends her dwindling days securing the happiness of her loyal widowed son with a respectable new wife. Filmed almost entirely on cunningly designed studio sets, in brilliant color and widescreen, THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA is a stylish and vividly formal work from Japan’s cinematic golden age, directed by the dynamic Keisuke Kinoshita.
Country: Japan
Cast:
Eijirō Tōno,
Kō Nishimura,
Seiji Miyaguchi,
Kinuyo Tanaka
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Eijirō Tōno
As Messenger
Kō Nishimura
As One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
Seiji Miyaguchi
As Matayan
Kinuyo Tanaka
As Orin
Yūnosuke Itō
As Matayan's son
Masao Oda
As One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)

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