The Ballad of Narayama (1983) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Shōhei Imamura.

Cast

• Ken Ogata as Tatsuhei
• Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin
• Tonpei Hidari as Risuke
• Aki Takejo as Tamayan
• Shoichi Ozawa as Katsuzô
• Fujio Tokita as Jinsaku
• Sanshō Shinsui as Zeniya Tadayan
• Seiji Kurasaki as Kesakichi
• Junko Takada as Matsuyan
• Mitsuko Baisho as Oei
• Taiji Tonoyama as Teruyan
• Ben Hiura as Yakimatsu
• Casey Takamine as Arayashiki
• Nenji Kobayashi as Tsune
• Nijiko Kiyokawa as Okane
• Akio Yokoyama as Amaya
• Kaoru Shimamori as Tomekichi
• Yukie Shimura as Amaya's Wife
• Masami Okamoto as Amaya's Son
• Kansai Eto as Kinyan
• Satoko Iwasaki as Sugiyan
• Hideo Hasegawa
• Kenji Murase
• Sayaka Nakamaru
• Azumi Niwa
• Kosei Sato
• Norihei Miki as Shioya
• Ryūtarō Tatsumi as Matayan

Crew

• Shōhei Imamura — Screenplay
• Shōhei Imamura — Director
• Shichirō Fukazawa — Novel
• Masao Tochizawa — Director of Photography
• Jirô Tomoda — Producer
• Shinichiro Ikebe — Original Music Composer

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