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The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Genres: Drama
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.
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Orin
- Teiji Takahashi as Tatsuhei
- Yūko Mochizuki as Tamayan
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Matayan
- Yūnosuke Itō as Matayan's son
- Ken Mitsuda as Teruyan
- Danko Ichikawa as Kesakichi
- Keiko Ogasawara as Matsu-yan