Title: The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考)
Release Date: 1983-04-29
IMDB ID: tt0084390
Vote Average: 7.516 (193 votes)
Overview: 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.
Cast: Ken Ogata (Tatsuhei), Sumiko Sakamoto (Orin), Tonpei Hidari (Risuke), Aki Takejo (Tamayan), Shoichi Ozawa (Katsuzô), Fujio Tokita (Jinsaku),
Crew: Shōhei Imamura (Screenplay), Shichirō Fukazawa (Novel), Tomoe Ookawa (Hairstylist), Kenichi Benitani (Sound), Seiko Igawa (Makeup Artist), Zenichirô Ishikawa (Hairstylist),