The Ballad of Narayama (1958) English Subtitles

Name: The Ballad of Narayama
Genre: Drama
Released: 1958-01-01
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yūko Mochizuki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yūnosuke Itō

smdb01130571195899 minNot Rated★ 7.5

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. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?

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Sampleeng · 01:36:21

01:36:21 · Look outside, Father
The trees are all bare of leaves
01:36:28 · Carry a wooden frame on your back
lt's time for you to go
01:36:36 · Otori of the salt house is in luck
for snowfall has come
01:36:42 · On the day of her journey
to Narayama
01:36:51 · Even though it's very cold
01:36:57 · She can't wear a padded overcoat
to go to Narayama
01:37:06 · Abandon granny

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