The Ballad of Narayama (1958)

Original Title: 楢山節考

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Synopsis

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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The Ballad of Narayama is 3757 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 1590 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Angels Sing but less popular than Obsession.

Rank		Title
3753.		99 Homes	+1538
3754.		Alien Resurrection	+1567
3755.		Melvin Purvis G-Man	+1516
3756.		Obsession	+1483
3757.		The Ballad of Narayama	+1590
3758.		Angels Sing	+1555
3759.		Mouseboat Massacre	+1586
3760.		The Simpsons Movie	+1549
3761.		Trainwreck: Balloon Boy	+1591

Streaming charts last updated: 1:35:00 PM, 11/11/2025

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Orin

Teiji Takahashi

Teiji Takahashi

Tatsuhei

Yūko Mochizuki

Yūko Mochizuki

Tamayan

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Matayan

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Matayan's son

Ken Mitsuda

Ken Mitsuda

Teruyan

Danko Ichikawa

Danko Ichikawa

Kesakichi

Keiko Ogasawara

Keiko Ogasawara

Matsu-yan

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Messenger

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)

Tokuji Kobayashi

Tokuji Kobayashi

One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)

Masao Oda

Masao Oda

One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)

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