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title: "The Ballad of Narayama: cast and crew"
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cast: 28
crew: 32
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# The Ballad of Narayama (1983): cast and crew

28 cast and 32 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Ken Ogata](https://film.one/person/ken-ogata.md) as Tatsuhei
- [Sumiko Sakamoto](https://film.one/person/sumiko-sakamoto.md) as Orin
- [Tonpei Hidari](https://film.one/person/tonpei-hidari.md) as Risuke
- [Aki Takejo](https://film.one/person/aki-takejo.md) as Tamayan
- [Shoichi Ozawa](https://film.one/person/shoichi-ozawa.md) as Katsuzô
- [Fujio Tokita](https://film.one/person/fujio-tokita.md) as Jinsaku
- [Sanshō Shinsui](https://film.one/person/sansho-shinsui.md) as Zeniya Tadayan
- [Seiji Kurasaki](https://film.one/person/seiji-kurasaki.md) as Kesakichi
- [Junko Takada](https://film.one/person/junko-takada.md) as Matsuyan
- [Mitsuko Baishō](https://film.one/person/mitsuko-baisho.md) as Oei
- [Taiji Tonoyama](https://film.one/person/taiji-tonoyama.md) as Teruyan
- [Ben Hiura](https://film.one/person/ben-hiura.md) 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

## Directing

- [Shōhei Imamura](https://film.one/person/shohei-imamura.md): Director
- Shunsaku Ikehata: Assistant Director
- Kunio Takeshige: Assistant Director
- Nobuaki Murooka: Assistant Director
- Takashi Tsukinoki: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Shōhei Imamura](https://film.one/person/shohei-imamura.md): Screenplay
- Shichirō Fukazawa: Novel

## Production

- [Jirô Tomoda](https://film.one/person/jiro-tomoda.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Masao Tochizawa](https://film.one/person/masao-tochizawa.md): Director of Photography
- Shigeru Komatsubara: Assistant Camera
- Yutaka Kanazawa: Assistant Camera

## Editing

- [Hajime Okayasu](https://film.one/person/hajime-okayasu.md): Editor
- [Fusako Matsumoto](https://film.one/person/fusako-matsumoto.md): Editor
- [Toshihiko Kojima](https://film.one/person/toshihiko-kojima.md): Editor
- [Yoshiko Onodera](https://film.one/person/yoshiko-onodera.md): Editor
- [Masahito Watanabe](https://film.one/person/masahito-watanabe.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Kenichi Benitani: Sound
- Tatsuo Tsukamoto: Assistant Sound Editor
- Toshio Nakano: Assistant Sound Editor
- [Shinichiro Ikebe](https://film.one/person/shinichiro-ikebe.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- Senki Nakamura: Set Decoration
- Mitsuto Washizawa: Set Decoration
- [Gorô Kusakabe](https://film.one/person/goro-kusakabe.md): Production Design
- Tadataka Yoshino: Art Direction
- Hisao Inagaki: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- Tomoe Ookawa: Hairstylist
- Seiko Igawa: Makeup Artist
- Zenichirô Ishikawa: Hairstylist
- Takeshi Matsuo: Key Hair Stylist
- Yōichi Mitsuoka: Key Hair Stylist
- [Kyoto Isho](https://film.one/person/kyoto-isho.md): Costume Design

## Crew

- Yoshio Kojima: Special Effects

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