The Ballad of Narayama

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.

• Keisuke KinoshitaDirector
• Matsunosuke NozawaOriginal Music Composer
• Keisuke KinoshitaScreenplay
• Kineya Rokuzaemon XIVOriginal Music Composer

• Kinuyo TanakaOrin
• Teiji TakahashiTatsuhei
• Yūko MochizukiTamayan
• Seiji MiyaguchiMatayan
• Yūnosuke ItōMatayan's son
• Ken MitsudaTeruyan
• Danko IchikawaKesakichi
• Keiko OgasawaraMatsu-yan
• Eijirō TōnoMessenger
• Kō NishimuraOne of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
• Katsuyuki HattoriTatsuhei's son (uncredited)
• Tokuji KobayashiOne of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)