The Ballad of Narayama
Released: 1983
Drama
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 he/she 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.
Starring: Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari, Aki Takejo, Shoichi Ozawa, Fujio Tokita, Sanshô Shinsui, Seiji Kurasaki
Directed by: Shōhei Imamura
Written by: Shōhei Imamura, Shichirō Fukazawa
Language: Japanese
Scenes
Matsuyan (Junko Takada) squats and pees outdoors. This is at first shown from a distance, as the focus is on the two men in the foreground, then there is a closer view of her face as she laughs about them watching her.
Screen Captures
Alternate Titles
Narayama-bushi kô (Transliteration)
楢山節考
A Balada de Narayama
Легенда о Нарайяме
Narayama bushikō
De Ballade van Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama