The Ballad of Narayama
楢山節考
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.
Shōhei Imamura Director Masao Tochizawa Director of Photography Hajime Okayasu Editor Fusako Matsumoto Editor Toshihiko Kojima Editor Yoshiko Onodera Editor Masahito Watanabe Editor Shinichiro Ikebe Original Music Composer Shōhei Imamura Screenplay Shichirō Fukazawa Novel Jirô Tomoda Producer Gorô Kusakabe Production Design
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