The Ballad of Narayama(1958)

Name: The Ballad of Narayama
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Genre: Drama
Released: 1958
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yūko Mochizuki

Directed by: Keisuke Kinoshita

Drama

Movie1h 38m

The Ballad of Narayama (1958) has one catalogued edition on Blu-ray, released in 2013.

Blu-ray edition

The Ballad of Narayama Blu-ray, The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection(2013)

Blu-ray · Boutique (Full Art) · Special Edition

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About the film

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.

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yūko Mochizuki

Production: Shochiku