Film
The Ballad of Narayama
1958Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
Where to watch
Stream
- Criterion Channel
Rent
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- Fandango At Home
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
About The Ballad of Narayama
- Drama
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.
- Director
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Writers
- Shichirō Fukazawa
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Original title
- 楢山節考
