The Ballad of Narayama
With my mother on my back, now is the time to say goodbye to this world.
1958•1h 38m•7.6/10
Drama
Ratings
🎬TMDb
7.6/10(94)
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.
Production
Shochiku
Language
JA
Status
Released
Release Date
Trailers & Videos
Available in Your Library
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Orin
Teiji Takahashi
Tatsuhei
Yūko Mochizuki
Tamayan
Seiji Miyaguchi
Matayan
Yūnosuke Itō
Matayan's son
Ken Mitsuda
Teruyan
Danko Ichikawa
Kesakichi
Keiko Ogasawara
Matsu-yan
Eijirō Tōno
Messenger
Kō Nishimura
One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
Masao Oda
One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners
Katsuyuki Hattori
Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)
Tokuji Kobayashi
One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
Recommended
Checking...
The Ballad of Narayama
1983•
7.5
Checking...
The Ceremony
1971•
6.8
Checking...
Around the Bend
2004•
5.9
Checking...
Plan 75
2022•
6.6
Checking...
Bastard Out of Carolina
1996•
7.1
Checking...
Blackbird
2019•
6.7
Checking...
Black or White
2015•
6.8
Checking...
A Question of Faith
2017•
7.5
Checking...
Magnolia
1999•
7.7
Checking...
The Thing with Feathers
2025•
6.5
Checking...
Norman
2010•
6.1
Checking...
Still Walking
2008•
7.8
Similar Movies
Checking...
Misophonia
2026
Checking...
Father and Daughter
2001•
7.5
Checking...
A Respectable Tragedy
1998•
4.5
Checking...
In Your Dad's Pocket
1973•
6.5
Checking...
Help Me To Forgive
2023
Checking...
Nuovo
2025•
10.0
Checking...
Lost & Found
2015•
6.0
Checking...
The Waltons' Homecoming
2021•
6.0
Checking...
Polisse
2011•
7.8
Checking...
The Child Who Measured the World
2024•
5.6
Checking...
Pardonnez-moi
2006•
5.8
Checking...
Fireflies in the Sun
2021•
6.4