The Ballad of Narayama
Drama

The Ballad of Narayama

Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…

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.

Release04/29/1983
Age RatingPG
Runtime2h 10m
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
IMDb7.810KRotten Tomatoes93%FRESHRT Audience88%HOT4Trakt73%196TMDb74%200

Director

Shōhei Imamura

Writer

Shichirō Fukazawa, Shōhei Imamura

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