Ken Ogata
Tatsuhei
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The Ballad of Narayama
“Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…”
PG · 11 Jun 2007 · 130 min · Japanese
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The film
Synopsis
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.
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Cast & characters
Sumiko Sakamoto
Orin
Tonpei Hidari
Risuke
Aki Takejo
Tamayan
Shoichi Ozawa
Katsuzô
Fujio Tokita
Jinsaku
Sanshō Shinsui
Zeniya Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki
Kesakichi
Junko Takada
Matsuyan
Mitsuko Baisho
Oei
Taiji Tonoyama
Teruyan
Ben Hiura
Yakimatsu
Behind the camera
Key crew
- Director
- Shōhei Imamura
- Writing
- Shōhei Imamura, Shichirō Fukazawa
- Cinematography
- Masao Tochizawa
- Original music
- Shinichiro Ikebe
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