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The Ballad of Narayama(Movie, 1983)

Original title: "楢山節考" (Japanese/JA)
2h 10min | Genre: Drama
The Ballad of NarayamaRating: 3.7/5 (with 6969 votes)
The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama Bushikō) 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 and slightly inspired by the 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. ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Ballad of Narayama

Palme d'Or Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Japan Academy Film Prize for Screenplay of the Year Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

About The Ballad of Narayama

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse he/she would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Shot in: Japan
Plays in: Japan
Made by: Toei
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 21 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 09/07/1984 (World premiere: 04/29/1983)
Director: Shohei Imamura
Film Editor: Hajime Okayasu
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Balada de Narayama"
"Narayama bushikō"
"Narayama-bushi kô"
"楢山節考"
"De Ballade van Narayama"
"Balladen om Narayama"
"Легенда о Нарайяме"

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