The Ballad of Narayama
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
130 mins
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.
Seiji Kurasaki
Kesakichi
Junko Takada
Matsuyan
Shichirō Fukazawa
Novel
Kenichi Benitani
Sound
Tatsuo Tsukamoto
Assistant Sound Editor
Senki Nakamura
Set Decoration
Seiko Igawa
Makeup Artist
Zenichirô Ishikawa
Hairstylist
Tomoe Ookawa
Hairstylist
Kunio Takeshige
Assistant Director
Gorô Kusakabe
Production Design
Yōichi Mitsuoka
Key Hair Stylist
Toshio Nakano
Assistant Sound Editor
Nobuaki Murooka
Assistant Director
Takashi Tsukinoki
Assistant Director
Mitsuto Washizawa
Set Decoration
Yoshio Kojima
Special Effects
Takeshi Matsuo
Key Hair Stylist
Jirô Tomoda
Producer
Hisao Inagaki
Art Direction
Tadataka Yoshino
Art Direction
Shigeru Komatsubara
Director of Photography
Kyoto Isho
Costume Design
Masao Tochizawa
Director of Photography
Hiroshi Kanazawa
Director of Photography
Toshihiko Kojima
Editor
Fusako Matsumoto
Editor
Yoshiko Onodera
Editor
Masahito Watanabe
Editor