THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1958) Trailer | Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
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Description
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?
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Release Date1958
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Runtime1 hr 37 min
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Languageja
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Rating7.511 (87)
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Genres
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DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita
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Cast田中絹代高橋貞二望月優子宮口精二伊藤雄之助三津田健Danko IchikawaKeiko Ogasawara東野英治郎西村晃Katsuyuki Hattori小林十九二織田政雄
