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 | Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shichirō Fukazawa | Novel |
| Art | Gorô Kusakabe | Production Design |
| Art | Senki Nakamura | Set Decoration |
| Art | Mitsuto Washizawa | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Seiko Igawa | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zenichirô Ishikawa | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Takeshi Matsuo | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yōichi Mitsuoka | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tomoe Ookawa | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Shunsaku Ikehata | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nobuaki Murooka | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kunio Takeshige | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Takashi Tsukinoki | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kenichi Benitani | Sound |
| Sound | Toshio Nakano | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tatsuo Tsukamoto | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Crew | Yoshio Kojima | Special Effects |
| Sound | Shinichirô Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Jirô Tomoda | Producer |
| Camera | Hiroshi Kanazawa | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Shigeru Komatsubara | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Masao Tochizawa | Director of Photography |
| Art | Hisao Inagaki | Art Direction |
| Art | Tadataka Yoshino | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kyoto Isho | Costume Design |
| Editing | Toshihiko Kojima | Editor |
| Editing | Fusako Matsumoto | Editor |
| Editing | Hajime Okayasu | Editor |
| Editing | Yoshiko Onodera | Editor |
| Editing | Masahito Watanabe | Editor |
