楢山節考 (1958)
The Ballad of Narayama
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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Kinuyo Tanaka
as Orin
as Orin
Teiji Takahashi
as Tatsuhei
as Tatsuhei
Yūko Mochizuki
as Tamayan
as Tamayan
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Matayan
as Matayan
Yūnosuke Itō
as Matayan's son
as Matayan's son
Ken Mitsuda
as Teruyan
as Teruyan
Danko Ichikawa
as Kesakichi
as Kesakichi
Keiko Ogasawara
as Matsu-yan
as Matsu-yan
Eijirō Tōno
as Messenger
as Messenger
Kō Nishimura
as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
Katsuyuki Hattori
as Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)
as Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)
Tokuji Kobayashi
as One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
as One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
Masao Oda
as One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
as One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
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Shichirō Fukazawa
Novel
Novel
Shûzô Horikawa
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Director
Hisao Ōno
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Keisuke Kinoshita
Writer
Writer
Yoshi Sugihara
Editor
Editor
Mototsugu Komaki
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Masaharu Kokaji
Producer
Producer
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Matsunosuke Nozawa
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Chiyoo Umeda
Art Direction
Art Direction
Hiroshi Kusuda
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Yoshikazu Ōtsuki
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Toshikazu Sugiyama
Costume Design
Costume Design
Genzô Furumiya
Set Designer
Set Designer
Ryuzo Otani
Producer
Producer
Kisaku Ito
Production Design
Production Design
