The Ballad of Narayama

In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude. Orin, a vibrant 69-year-old grandmother, has accepted her fate — but struggles to prepare the rest of her family for the ritual.

CAST

Kinuyo TanakaOrin

Teiji TakahashiTatsuhei

Yūko MochizukiTamayan

Seiji MiyaguchiMatayan

Yūnosuke ItōMatayan's son

Ken MitsudaTeruyan

Danko IchikawaKesakichi

Keiko OgasawaraMatsu-yan

Eijirō TōnoMessenger

Kō NishimuraOne of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)

Masao OdaOne of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners

Katsuyuki HattoriTatsuhei's son (uncredited)

Tokuji KobayashiOne of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)