Narayama bushiko
Directed by:
Shôhei ImamuraScreenplay:
Shôhei ImamuraCinematography:
Shigeru KomatsubaraComposer:
池辺晋一郎Cast:
Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Nenji Kobayashi, Norihei Miki, 倍賞美津子, Ben Hiura, Shôichi Ozawa, 清川虹子VOD (1)
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Based on an ancient folktale, The Ballad of Narayama was the first of two works from the director to win the prestigious Cannes Palme d'Or. Imamura's magnum opus depicts the members of an extended farming family eking out their existence in the mountainous north of Japan against the backdrop of the changing seasons before village lore decrees they make the sacrifice of abandoning their aged mother on the top of a nearby mountain when she reaches her seventieth year. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Ken Ogata
Japan
Best movies:
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Sumiko Sakamoto
Japan
Best movies:
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
The Pornographers (1966)
Nenji Kobayashi
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Norihei Miki
Japan
Best movies:
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
47 Ronin (1962)
倍賞美津子
Japan
Best movies:
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
The Geisha (1983)
Kagemusha (1980)
Ben Hiura
Japan
Best movies:
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Fort Graveyard (1965)
Steel Edge of Revenge (1969)
Shôichi Ozawa
Japan
Best movies:
Human Bullet, The (1968)
Intentions of Murder (1964)
Revenge (1964)
清川虹子
Japan
Best movies:
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Unknown Father (1964)