CAST:
Ken Ogata (Tatsuhei),
Sumiko Sakamoto (Orin),
Takejo Aki (Tamayan),
Seiji Kurasaki (Kesakichi),
Junko Takada (Matsuyan)

SCRIPT:
Shôhei Imamura (based on novel by Shichiro Fukazawa)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Hiroshi Kanazawa,
Shigeru Komatsubara,
Masao Tochizawa

MUSIC:
Shinichirô Ikebe

EDITING:
Toshihiko Kojima,
Fusako Matsumoto,
Hajime Okayasu,
Yoshiko Onodera,
Masahito Watanabe

Synopsis:
According to a village tradition that emerged due to a lack of food, every person who turns seventy must go to Narayama Mountain to die. The time is getting near for Orin, who has just turned sixty nine. Before taking her final journey she tries to ensure a good future for her sons. Soon a messenger arrives from the neighboring village who claims that he has found a suitable wife for one of the sons.
The film won the Golden Palm in Cannes in 1983.

color, 130'