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.
Cast
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
Akio Yokoyama
Amaya
Kaoru Shimamori
Tomekichi
Yukie Shimura
Amaya's Wife
Masami Okamoto
Amaya's Son
Kansai Eto
Kinyan
Satoko Iwasaki
Sugiyan
Hideo Hasegawa
Unknown
Kenji Murase
Unknown
Sayaka Nakamaru
Unknown
Azumi Niwa
Unknown
Kosei Sato
Unknown
Norihei Miki
Shioya
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Matayan
Crew
Shōhei Imamura
Director, Screenplay
Shichirō Fukazawa
Novel
Toshihiko Kojima
Editor
Fusako Matsumoto
Editor
Hajime Okayasu
Editor
Yoshiko Onodera
Editor
Masahito Watanabe
Editor
Masao Tochizawa
Director of Photography
Shunsaku Ikehata
Assistant Director
Nobuaki Murooka
Assistant Director
Kunio Takeshige
Assistant Director
Takashi Tsukinoki
Assistant Director
Jirô Tomoda
Producer
Gorô Kusakabe
Production Design
Shigeru Komatsubara
Assistant Camera
Yutaka Kanazawa
Assistant Camera
Kyoto Isho
Costume Design
Takeshi Matsuo
Key Hair Stylist
Yōichi Mitsuoka
Key Hair Stylist
Zenichirô Ishikawa
Hairstylist
Tomoe Ookawa
Hairstylist
Seiko Igawa
Makeup Artist
Toshio Nakano
Assistant Sound Editor
Tatsuo Tsukamoto
Assistant Sound Editor
Kenichi Benitani
Sound
Yoshio Kojima
Special Effects
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Senki Nakamura
Set Decoration
Mitsuto Washizawa
Set Decoration
Hisao Inagaki
Art Direction
Tadataka Yoshino
Art Direction
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