The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
楢山節考
"Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…"
Critics Score
🎬 93%
(RT: 93%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Ken Ogata as Tatsuhei
Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin
Tonpei Hidari as Risuke
Aki Takejo as Tamayan
Shoichi Ozawa as Katsuzô
Fujio Tokita as Jinsaku
Sanshō Shinsui as Zeniya Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki as Kesakichi
Is The Ballad of Narayama good?
Most people think so. 81% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 93%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
