The Ballad of Narayama
1958 · 98 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 3,931 VOTES · DIR. Keisuke Kinoshita
Overview
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?
Dialogue Timeline — 529 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:09 SHOCHIKU PRESENTS
00:04:00 Who might you be?
00:05:48 After all you have good teeth
00:08:25 The festival of the Dead approaches.
00:12:23 That's right.. there's still my teeth!
00:14:47 As one dines on his simple fare.
00:19:28 Disgraceful! Like a starving devil...
00:21:09 Why not at least feed him at Festival time?
00:24:45 and I wanted to come right away.
00:26:45 Yes, Tatsuhei, Kesakichi and the other villagers
00:31:50 My teeth are gone.
00:35:41 The glowing crimson of the autumn maple
00:39:48 What ails you now?
00:42:13 That's stupid! One live on too long.
00:47:47 Look! This one dared to wear sandals.
00:50:30 Beans... again?
00:52:04 Such ill-omened chatter!
00:55:37 For you to make the fateful trip.
01:01:12 Throughout the fleeting years.
01:05:43 When setting forth on your journey
01:10:01 If one wishes, one may turn back
01:12:30 Kesakichi! I plan to go tomorrow night
01:16:32 Nearby looms the Narayama;
01:37:00 subtitles by mNstr