The Ballad of Narayama (1958 film) narrative location Japan
The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama-bushi Kō) is a 1958 Japanese period film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita and based on the 1956 novella of the same name by Shichirō Fukazawa. The film explores the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die.Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka as Orin
Teiji Takahashi as Tatsuhei
Yūko Mochizuki as Tamayan
Danko Ichikawa as Kesakichi
Keiko Ogasawara as Matsu-yan
Seiji Miyaguchi as Matayan
Yūnosuke Itō as Matayan's son
Ken Mitsuda as Teruyan