Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
93 audience votes
Key crew
- Keisuke KinoshitaDirector
- Matsunosuke NozawaOriginal Music Composer
- Keisuke KinoshitaScreenplay
- Kineya Rokuzaemon XIVOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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)
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Themes
family relationshipsdying traditionssocial convention