The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1983-04-29
  • User Rating: 7.4/10 from 149 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 10min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Toei Company
  • Production Country: Japan
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Summary

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.

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    Writing Shōhei Imamura Screenplay
    Directing Shōhei Imamura Director
    Sound Shinichirô Ikebe Original Music Composer
    Sound Kenichi Benitani Sound
    Writing Shichirō Fukazawa Novel
    Art Hisao Inagaki Art Direction
    Camera Masao Tochizawa Director of Photography
    Camera Shigeru Komatsubara Director of Photography
    Editing Hajime Okayasu Editor
    Editing Toshihiko Kojima Editor
    Production Jirô Tomoda Producer
    Directing Takashi Tsukinoki Assistant Director
    Camera Hiroshi Kanazawa Director of Photography
    Art Gorô Kusakabe Production Design
    Art Tadataka Yoshino Art Direction
    Costume & Make-Up Yōichi Mitsuoka Key Hair Stylist
    Directing Nobuaki Murooka Assistant Director
    Sound Toshio Nakano Assistant Sound Editor
    Costume & Make-Up Kyoto Isho Costume Design
    Directing Shunsaku Ikehata Assistant Director
    Editing Fusako Matsumoto Editor
    Editing Yoshiko Onodera Editor
    Editing Masahito Watanabe Editor
    Directing Kunio Takeshige Assistant Director
    Art Senki Nakamura Set Decoration
    Art Mitsuto Washizawa Set Decoration
    Costume & Make-Up Seiko Igawa Makeup Artist
    Costume & Make-Up Zenichirô Ishikawa Hairstylist
    Costume & Make-Up Takeshi Matsuo Key Hair Stylist
    Costume & Make-Up Tomoe Ookawa Hairstylist
    Sound Tatsuo Tsukamoto Assistant Sound Editor
    Crew Yoshio Kojima Special Effects