---
title: 'The Ballad of Narayama (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Keisuke Kinoshita'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ballad-of-narayama-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051980/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Ballad of Narayama (1958)

1958 · 108 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 楢山節考

## Synopsis

The Ballad of Narayama  is a 1958 Japanese historical drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. It is 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Keisuke Kinoshita](https://cinepixo.com/people/keisuke-kinoshita)
- **Screenplay:** [Keisuke Kinoshita](https://cinepixo.com/people/keisuke-kinoshita)

## Cast

- [Yūnosuke Itō](https://cinepixo.com/people/yunosuke-ito)
- [Teiji Takahashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/teiji-takahashi)
- [Kinuyo Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinuyo-tanaka)
- [Yūko Mochizuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuko-mochizuki)
- [Ken Mitsuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-mitsuda)
- [Seiji Miyaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/seiji-miyaguchi)

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