The Ballad of Narayama (1958 film)
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| Directed by | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| Written by | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| Based on | Narayama-bushi kō by Shichirō Fukazawa |
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| Cinematography | Hiroyuki Kusuda |
| Edited by | Yoshi Sugihara |
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| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Ballad of Narayama (Japanese: 楢山節考, Hepburn: 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. The film explores the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die.