Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
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.
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Ken Ogata
Tatsuhei
Sumiko Sakamoto
Orin
Tonpei Hidari
Risuke
Aki Takejo
Tamayan
Shoichi Ozawa
Katsuzô
Fujio Tokita
Jinsaku
Sanshō Shinsui
Zeniya Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki
Kesakichi
Junko Takada
Matsuyan
Mitsuko Baisho
Oei
Taiji Tonoyama
Teruyan
Ben Hiura
Yakimatsu
Casey Takamine
Arayashiki
Nenji Kobayashi
Tsune
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Okane
Shōhei Imamura
Director, Screenplay
Shichirō Fukazawa
Novel
Jirô Tomoda
Producer
Masao Tochizawa
Director of Photography
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Toshihiko Kojima
Editor
Hajime Okayasu
Editor
Masahito Watanabe
Editor
Yoshiko Onodera
Editor
Fusako Matsumoto
Editor
Kyoto Isho
Costume Design
Gorô Kusakabe
Production Design
