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title: 'The Ballad of Narayama (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shohei Imamura'
released: '1983-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 130
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ballad-of-narayama-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084390/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

1983 · 130 min · Drama, Comedy · Japan

Original title: 楢山節考

## Synopsis

The Ballad of Narayama  is a 1983 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. It stars Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin, Ken Ogata, and Shoichi Ozawa. It is an adaptation of the book Narayama bushikō by Shichirō Fukazawa, which had previously been adapted for a 1958 film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Both films explore the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die. Imamura's film won the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shohei Imamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/shohei-imamura)
- **Screenplay:** [Shohei Imamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/shohei-imamura), [Shichirō Fukazawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/shichiro-fukazawa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Shinichiro Ikebe](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinichiro-ikebe)
- **Editor:** [Hajime Okayasu](https://cinepixo.com/people/hajime-okayasu)

## Cast

- [Takejo Aki](https://cinepixo.com/people/takejo-aki)
- [Taiji Tonoyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/taiji-tonoyama)
- [Tonpei Hidari](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonpei-hidari)
- [Sumiko Sakamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/sumiko-sakamoto)
- [Nenji Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nenji-kobayashi)
- [Nijiko Kiyokawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/nijiko-kiyokawa)
- [Shoichi Ozawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/shoichi-ozawa)
- [Mitsuko Baishō](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuko-baisho)
- [Ken Ogata](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-ogata)

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