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Original title: 楢山節考
Director: Shohei Imamura
Cast: Ken Ogata Sumiko Sakamoto Mitsuko Baishō Shoichi Ozawa Taiji Tonoyama Nenji Kobayashi
Genre: Comedy Drama
Premiere: April 29, 1983
Running time: 130 min
Country: Japan

The Ballad of Narayama (Japanese: 楢山節考, Hepburn: Narayama bushikō) is a 1983 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. It stars Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin, Ken Ogata, and Shoichi Ozawa. It is an adaptation of the story of the same name by Shichirō Fukazawa, which had previously been adapted for a 1958 film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Both films explore the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die. Imamura's film won the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

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The Ballad of Narayama is a movie (1983) from Japan. Genre: comedy, drama. Directed by Shohei Imamura. Starring Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Mitsuko Baishō, Shoichi Ozawa and Taiji Tonoyama. Running time: 130 min. Rating: 9.4/10.

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