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.

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  Keisuke Kinoshita
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  Yoshikazu Ōtsuki

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  Kinuyo Tanaka
  Orin
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  Teiji Takahashi
  Tatsuhei
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  Yūko Mochizuki
  Tamayan
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  Seiji Miyaguchi
  Matayan
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  Yūnosuke Itō
  Matayan's son
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  Ken Mitsuda
  Teruyan
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  Danko Ichikawa
  Kesakichi
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  Keiko Ogasawara
  Matsu-yan
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  Eijirō Tōno
  Messenger
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  Kō Nishimura
  One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
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  Katsuyuki Hattori
  Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)
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  Tokuji Kobayashi
  One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
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  Masao Oda
  One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)