The Ballad of Narayama
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The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama Bushiko) |
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Directed by | Keisuke Kinoshita |
Produced by | Masaharu Kokaji, Ryuzo Otani |
Written by | Shichirô Fukazawa (stories), Keisuke Kinoshita |
Starring | Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yûko Mochizuki |
Music by | Chuji Kinoshita, Matsunosuke Nozawa |
Cinematography | Hiroyuki Kusuda |
Editing by | Yoshi Sugihara |
Release date(s) | 1958 |
Running time | 98 min. |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
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The Ballad of Narayama (Original title: 楢山節考:Narayama bushiko) is a Japanese film from 1958 by Keisuke Kinoshita. It is based on the book Men of Tohoku by Shichiro Fukuzawa.
The film takes place in a traditional Japanese village, with no particular reference to a time period (roughly 19th century). It is a timeless fable concerning moral lessons derived from the life of the main character Orin, an elderly woman, 69 years of age.
There is a 1983 remake of the film, directed by Shohei Imamura.