Ballad of Narayama : Narayamabushi kō

The Resource Ballad of Narayama : Narayamabushi kō
Label
Ballad of Narayama : Narayamabushi kō
Title remainder
Narayamabushi kō
Statement of responsibility
Shochiku film ; written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
Title variation
  • Narayamabushi kō
  • Ballad of Narayama
  • Legend of Narayama
Contributor
Actor
Screenwriter
Composer
Cinematographer
Director
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Subject
Genre
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • jpn
  • jpn
Summary
This haunting, kabuki-inflected version of a Japanese folk legend is set in a remote mountain village, where food is scarce and tradition dictates that citizens who have reached their seventieth year must be carried to the summit of Mount Narayama and left there to die. The sacrificial elder at the center of the tale is Orin, a dignified and dutiful woman who spends her dwindling days securing the happiness of her loyal widowed son with a respectable new wife. Includes bonus features
Member of
Awards note
Venice Film Festival, 1958: Golden Lion (Keisuke Kinoshita).
Cataloging source
TXA
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography, Hiroyuki Kusuda ; editing, Yoshi Sugihara ; music, Rokuzaemon Kineya, Matsunosuke Nozawa, producers Ryōzō Ōtani and Masaharu Kokaji
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles
PerformerNote
Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yuko Mochizuki, Danko Ichikawa, Seiji Miyaguchi
Runtime
98
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
645
Technique
live action

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