The Ballad of Narayama
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The Ballad of Narayama is a 1983 Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura that portrays a remote village’s brutal custom of abandoning its elderly on a mountain, blending stark realism with folkloric themes.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Ballad of Narayama (1983 film) | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Palme d’Or NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Ballad of Narayama (1958 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Ballad of Narayama (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Masao Tochizawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by international critics ⓘ |
| depicts | ubasute ⓘ |
| director | Shōhei Imamura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Japan
NERFINISHED
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international ⓘ |
| distributor | Tōei Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Keiichi Uraoka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalAwardedAt | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmColor | color ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
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drama ⓘ folk drama ⓘ |
| hasRemakeRelationTo | The Ballad of Narayama (1958 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActor | Ken Ogata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Sumiko Sakamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Orin
NERFINISHED
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Tatsuhei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Shin’ichirō Ikebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of stark realism and folkloric elements
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graphic depiction of rural hardship ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Shōhei Imamura filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A remote village follows a custom of carrying elderly people to Mount Narayama to die when they reach a certain age. ⓘ |
| premieredAt | 1983 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Jirō Tomoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Tōei Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Orin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 130 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Shōhei Imamura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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death ⓘ filial piety ⓘ poverty ⓘ rural life ⓘ tradition ⓘ |
| yearOfAward | 1983 ⓘ |
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