Cast and crew
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
28 cast and 32 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.
Cast28
Ken OgataTatsuhei
Sumiko SakamotoOrin
Tonpei HidariRisuke
Aki TakejoTamayan
Shoichi OzawaKatsuzô
Fujio TokitaJinsaku
Sanshō ShinsuiZeniya Tadayan
Seiji KurasakiKesakichi
Junko TakadaMatsuyan
Mitsuko BaishōOei
Taiji TonoyamaTeruyan
Ben HiuraYakimatsu- Casey TakamineArayashiki
- Nenji KobayashiTsune
- Nijiko KiyokawaOkane
- Akio YokoyamaAmaya
- Kaoru ShimamoriTomekichi
- Yukie ShimuraAmaya's Wife
- Masami OkamotoAmaya's Son
- Kansai EtoKinyan
- Satoko IwasakiSugiyan
- Hideo Hasegawa—
- Kenji Murase—
- Sayaka Nakamaru—
- Azumi Niwa—
- Kosei Sato—
- Norihei MikiShioya
- Ryūtarō TatsumiMatayan
Crew32
Directing
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector
- Shunsaku IkehataAssistant Director
- Kunio TakeshigeAssistant Director
- Nobuaki MurookaAssistant Director
- Takashi TsukinokiAssistant Director
Writing
- Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
- Shichirō FukazawaNovel
Production
- Jirô TomodaProducer
Camera
- Masao TochizawaDirector of Photography
- Shigeru KomatsubaraAssistant Camera
- Yutaka KanazawaAssistant Camera
Editing
- Hajime OkayasuEditor
- Fusako MatsumotoEditor
- Toshihiko KojimaEditor
- Yoshiko OnoderaEditor
- Masahito WatanabeEditor
Sound and music
- Kenichi BenitaniSound
- Tatsuo TsukamotoAssistant Sound Editor
- Toshio NakanoAssistant Sound Editor
- Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Senki NakamuraSet Decoration
- Mitsuto WashizawaSet Decoration
- Gorô KusakabeProduction Design
- Tadataka YoshinoArt Direction
- Hisao InagakiArt Direction
Costume and make-up
- Tomoe OokawaHairstylist
- Seiko IgawaMakeup Artist
- Zenichirô IshikawaHairstylist
- Takeshi MatsuoKey Hair Stylist
- Yōichi MitsuokaKey Hair Stylist
- Kyoto IshoCostume Design
Crew
- Yoshio KojimaSpecial Effects