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.
Unfortunately the movie The Ballad of Narayama is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
| Writing | Shichirō Fukazawa | Novel |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
| Sound | Kenichi Benitani | Sound |
| Sound | Tatsuo Tsukamoto | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Art | Senki Nakamura | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Seiko Igawa | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zenichirô Ishikawa | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tomoe Ookawa | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Kunio Takeshige | Assistant Director |
| Art | Gorô Kusakabe | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yōichi Mitsuoka | Key Hair Stylist |
| Sound | Toshio Nakano | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Directing | Nobuaki Murooka | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Takashi Tsukinoki | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Shunsaku Ikehata | Assistant Director |
| Art | Mitsuto Washizawa | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Yoshio Kojima | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Takeshi Matsuo | Key Hair Stylist |
| Production | Jirô Tomoda | Producer |
| Art | Hisao Inagaki | Art Direction |
| Art | Tadataka Yoshino | Art Direction |
| Sound | Shinichirô Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Shigeru Komatsubara | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kyoto Isho | Costume Design |
| Camera | Masao Tochizawa | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hiroshi Kanazawa | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hajime Okayasu | Editor |
| Editing | Toshihiko Kojima | Editor |
| Editing | Fusako Matsumoto | Editor |
| Editing | Yoshiko Onodera | Editor |
| Editing | Masahito Watanabe | Editor |
