楢山節考 (1983)
"Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…"

Title: The Ballad of Narayama
Original Title: 楢山節考
Release Date: 1983-04-29
Status: Released
Rating: 7.5/10 (from 172 votes)
Language: JA
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Toei Company
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.
Cast

Ken Ogata
Tatsuhei

Sumiko Sakamoto
Orin

Tonpei Hidari
Risuke

Aki Takejo
Tamayan

Shoichi Ozawa
Katsuzô

Fujio Tokita
Jinsaku

Sanshō Shinsui
Zeniya Tadayan

Seiji Kurasaki
Kesakichi

Junko Takada
Matsuyan

Taiji Tonoyama
Teruyan