Story
In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude. Orin, a vibrant 69-year-old grandmother, has accepted her fate — but struggles to prepare the rest of her family for the ritual.
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Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka as OrinTeiji Takahashi as TatsuheiYūko Mochizuki as TamayanSeiji Miyaguchi as MatayanYūnosuke Itō as Matayan's sonKen Mitsuda as TeruyanDanko Ichikawa as KesakichiKeiko Ogasawara as Matsu-yanEijirō Tōno as MessengerKō Nishimura as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
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