
With my mother on my back, now is the time to say goodbye to this world.
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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Kinuyo Tanaka
Orin

Teiji Takahashi
Tatsuhei

Yūko Mochizuki
Tamayan

Seiji Miyaguchi
Matayan

Yūnosuke Itō
Matayan's son

Danko Ichikawa
Kesakichi

Eijirō Tōno
Messenger

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

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

Masao Oda
One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
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