The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考) 66 years old

The Ballad of Narayama

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?

Credits

The Ballad of Narayama Cast

Name Character
Seiji Miyaguchi He was 44, 71 years old when he died as Matayan
Kinuyo Tanaka She was 47, 66 years old when she died as Orin
Eijirō Tōno He was 51, 87 years old when he died as Messenger
Ken Mitsuda He was 56, 95 years old when he died as Teruyan
Yūnosuke Itō He was 38, 60 years old when he died as Matayan's son
Yûko Mochizuki She was 41, 60 years old when she died as Tamayan
Teiji Takahashi He was 31, 33 years old when he died as Tatsuhei

The Ballad of Narayama Crew

Name Department
Shichirō Fukazawa as Story. He was 44 (73) years old when He died Writing
Keisuke Kinoshita as Director. He was 45 (86) years old when He died Directing
Keisuke Kinoshita as Writer. He was 45 (86) years old when He died Writing
Yoshi Sugihara as Editor. Editing
Hiroshi Kusuda as Director of Photography. He was 42 (92) years old when He died Camera
Chiyoo Umeda as Art Direction. Art
The Ballad of Narayama poster
The Ballad of Narayama (66 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, June 01, 1958
  • Runtime: 98 minutes