The Ballad of Narayama

Drama · 1983Not Rated

In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An old woman is getting close to the cut-off age, and we follow her last days with her family.

Starring

Ken Ogata, Shōhei Imamura, Sumiko Sakamoto, Shōhei Imamura, Tonpei Hidari, Shinichirô Ikebe, Aki Takejo, Shichirō Fukazawa, Hisao Inagaki, Shoichi Ozawa

Director

Shōhei Imamura