The Ballad of Narayama (1958) | ecco

The Ballad of Narayama

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The Ballad of Narayama

1h 38 min

1958

Japan

7.8

NR

A kabuki theatre-inflected story about a poor village whose people have to be carried to a nearby mountain to die once they get old.

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Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

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Orin

Teiji Takahashi

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Tatsuhei

Yûko Mochizuki

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Tamayan

Danko Ichikawa

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Kesakichi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Mata-yan

Yûnosuke Itô

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Eijirô Tôno

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Messenger

Ken Mitsuda

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Teruyan

Keiko Ogasawara

Matsu-yan

Masao Oda

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Villager