The Ballad of Narayama (movie, 1958)
Narayama bushiko
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die.
The Ballad of Narayama (1958) - Full Cast & Crew
Actors and roles, crew of The Ballad of Narayama (1958). Who was filming and what role he played.
Producers
Actors
Orin
lead role
Actor, Director. Popular movies: Ugetsu (1953), Sansho the Bailiff (1954), The Life of Oharu (1952)
Tatsuhei
lead role
Actor. Popular movies: The Ballad of Narayama (1958), Early Spring (1955), The Tattered Wings (1955)
Tamayan
lead role
Actor. Popular movies: The Ballad of Narayama (1958), A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
Mata-yan
Actor. Popular movies: Japan's Longest Day (1967), Stakeout (1958), Punishment Room (1956)
Matayan's son
Actor. Popular movies: Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962), The Human Bullet (1968), The Graceful Brute (1962)
Messenger
Actor. Popular movies: Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968), The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963), The War Without Weapons (1960)
Teruyan
Actor. Popular movies: The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964), Army (1944), An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Actor. Popular movies: Equinox Flower (1958), The Ballad of Narayama (1958), One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
Actor. Popular movies: Intentions of Murder (1964), Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967), The Thirteen Assassins (1963)
Actor. Popular movies: High and Low (1963), An Autumn Afternoon (1962), When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Designs
Design. Popular movies: Ugetsu (1953), Sansho the Bailiff (1954), Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Design. Popular movies: The Ballad of Narayama (1958), Zatoichi (1989), It's Tough Being a Man (1969)
Design. Popular movies: Late Autumn (1960), The Ballad of Narayama (1958), The Snow Flurry (1959)
Design. Popular movies: Late Spring (1949), The Ballad of Narayama (1958), Stakeout (1958)
Writers
Director, Writer, Producer. Popular movies: Dodes'ka-den (1970), The Ballad of Narayama (1958), Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Writer. Popular movies: The Ballad of Narayama (1983), The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Director
Director, Writer, Producer. Popular movies: Dodes'ka-den (1970), The Ballad of Narayama (1958), Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Operator
Operator. Popular movies: The Ballad of Narayama (1958), Twenty-Four Eyes (1954), A Town of Love and Hope (1959)
Editor
Editor. Popular movies: Stray Dog (1949), The Face of Another (1966), Pale Flower (1964)
Composers
Composer, Actor. Popular movies: The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959), The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959), The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
