The Ballad of Narayama (1958 film)

The Ballad of Narayama
(Narayama-bushi Ko)
The Ballad of Narayama ; (Narayama-bushi Ko)
	The Original Japanese Poster.
Directed by	Keisuke Kinoshita
Written by	Keisuke Kinoshita
Based on	Narayama-bushi kō; by Shichirō Fukazawa
Produced by	Masaharu Kokaji; Ryuzo Otani;
Starring	Kinuyo Tanaka; Teiji Takahashi; Yūko Mochizuki;
Cinematography	Hiroyuki Kusuda
Edited by	Yoshi Sugihara
Music by	Chūji Kinoshita; Matsunosuke Nozawa;
Production; company	Shochiku
Distributed by	Shochiku (Japan)
Release date	1 June 1958 (Japan);
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama-bushi kō) is a 1958 Japanese historical drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. It is based on the 1956 novella of the same name by Shichirō Fukazawa.^[1]^[2]^[3] The film explores the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die.

^ ^a ^b "楢山節考". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b "楢山節考(1958)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ O'Donoghue, Darragh (February 2013). "Ballad of Narayama". Cinémathèque Annotations on Film (66). Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[jmdb-1] "楢山節考". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[kinenote-2] "楢山節考(1958)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[3] O'Donoghue, Darragh (February 2013). "Ballad of Narayama". Cinémathèque Annotations on Film (66). Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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