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Summary

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.

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Cast

  • Ken Ogata

    Ken Ogata

    Tatsuhei

  • Tonpei Hidari

    Tonpei Hidari

    Risuke

  • Aki Takejo

    Aki Takejo

    Tamayan

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    Shoichi Ozawa

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    Fujio Tokita

    Jinsaku

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    Sanshō Shinsui

    Zeniya Tadayan

  • Taiji Tonoyama

    Taiji Tonoyama

    Teruyan

  • Casey Takamine

    Casey Takamine

    Arayashiki

  • Nenji Kobayashi

    Nenji Kobayashi

    Tsune

  • Nijiko Kiyokawa

    Nijiko Kiyokawa

    Okane

  • Akio Yokoyama

    Akio Yokoyama

    Amaya

  • Mitsuko Baisho

    Mitsuko Baisho

    Oei