The Ballad of Narayama

Name: The Ballad of Narayama
Genre: Drama
Released: 1983-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.5

About The Ballad of Narayama

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.

Shōhei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama is a 1983 drama film.

Ken Ogata takes the lead as Tatsuhei, Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin, Tonpei Hidari as Risuke, and Aki Takejo as Tamayan. It runs 130 minutes and was released in April 1983.

The screenplay is by Shōhei Imamura. In the United States it streams on ARROW.

TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 213 votes.