19 Sep 1951
A Streetcar Named Desire
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.
The Ballad of Narayama
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
Top Billed Cast
田中絹代 Orin
高橋貞二 Tatsuhei
望月優子 Tamayan
宮口精二 Matayan
伊藤雄之助 Matayan's son
三津田健 Teruyan
Danko Ichikawa Kesakichi
Keiko Ogasawara Matsu-yan
東野英治郎 Messenger
西村晃 One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
Katsuyuki Hattori Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)
小林十九二 One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
織田政雄 One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
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