Country
France
Date
May 07, 1983
Note
Cannes Film Festival
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
2h 10min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Seiji Kurasaki | Kesakichi |
| Junko Takada | Matsuyan |
| Mitsuko Baisho | Oei |
| Taiji Tonoyama | Teruyan |
| Ben Hiura | Yakimatsu |
| Casey Takamine | Arayashiki |
| Nenji Kobayashi | Tsune |
| Nijiko Kiyokawa | Okane |
| Akio Yokoyama | Amaya |
| Kaoru Shimamori | Tomekichi |
| Yukie Shimura | Amaya's Wife |
| Masami Okamoto | Amaya's Son |
| Kansai Eto | Kinyan |
| Satoko Iwasaki | Sugiyan |
| Hideo Hasegawa | |
| Kenji Murase | |
| Sayaka Nakamaru |
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| Azumi Niwa | |
| Kosei Sato | |
| Norihei Miki | Shioya |
| Ryūtarō Tatsumi | Matayan |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | 楢山節考 |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Toei Company |
| Data di uscita | 29 aprile 1983 |
| Producer | Jirô Tomoda |
| Writer | Shichirō Fukazawa, Shōhei Imamura |
| Editors | Hajime Okayasu, Toshihiko Kojima, Fusako Matsumoto, Yoshiko Onodera, Masahito Watanabe |
| Cinematography | Masao Tochizawa, Shigeru Komatsubara, Yutaka Kanazawa |
| Asst. Directors | Kunio Takeshige, Nobuaki Murooka, Takashi Tsukinoki, Shunsaku Ikehata, Shōhei Imamura |
| Camera Operators | Masao Tochizawa, Shigeru Komatsubara, Yutaka Kanazawa |
| Add. Photography | Masao Tochizawa, Shigeru Komatsubara, Yutaka Kanazawa |
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| Production Design | Gorô Kusakabe, Senki Nakamura, Mitsuto Washizawa, Hisao Inagaki, Tadataka Yoshino |
| Art Direction | Hisao Inagaki, Tadataka Yoshino, Senki Nakamura, Gorô Kusakabe, Mitsuto Washizawa |
| Set Decoration | Senki Nakamura, Mitsuto Washizawa, Gorô Kusakabe, Hisao Inagaki, Tadataka Yoshino |
| Special Effects | Yoshio Kojima |
| Composer | Shinichiro Ikebe, Kenichi Benitani, Tatsuo Tsukamoto, Toshio Nakano |
| Sound | Kenichi Benitani, Tatsuo Tsukamoto, Toshio Nakano, Shinichiro Ikebe |
| Costume Design | Kyoto Isho, Seiko Igawa, Zenichirô Ishikawa, Tomoe Ookawa, Yōichi Mitsuoka, Takeshi Matsuo |
| Makeup | Seiko Igawa, Zenichirô Ishikawa, Tomoe Ookawa, Yōichi Mitsuoka, Takeshi Matsuo, Kyoto Isho |
| Hairstyling | Yōichi Mitsuoka, Takeshi Matsuo, Seiko Igawa, Zenichirô Ishikawa, Tomoe Ookawa, Kyoto Isho |
Release dates
Premiere
Country
United States
Date
Jun 22, 1984
Note
San Francisco
Country
Czechia
Date
Jan 26, 2012
Note
Eiga-Sai Film Festival
Theatrical release
Country
Hong Kong
Date
Apr 29, 1983
Country
Japan
Date
Apr 29, 1983
Country
France
Date
Sep 28, 1983
Certification
TP
Country
Netherlands
Date
Nov 01, 1983
Certification
6
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Country
Spain
Date
Jul 09, 1984
Certification
12
Country
Portugal
Date
Oct 26, 1984
Certification
M/16
Country
South Korea
Date
Oct 30, 1999
Certification
18
Physical media
Country
France
Date
Mar 25, 2003
Note
DVD
Country
Netherlands
Date
Nov 02, 2004
Certification
6
Note
DVD
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Jun 11, 2007
Certification
PG
Note
DVD
Country
Australia
Date
Feb 06, 2019
Certification
R 18+
Note
DVD
TV
Country
France
Date
May 31, 1997
Note
France 2 (Ciné club)
Country
Germany
Date
May 19, 2004
Note
ARTE (Cannes 2004)
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