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.
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 |