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Ballad Of Narayama poster

Ballad Of Narayama (1958) colour palette

Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita · Shot by Hiroshi Kusuda

Ballad Of Narayama (1958), shot by Hiroshi Kusuda, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 59 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e27), covering 9.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits very dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.726 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.299 — more saturated than 70% of ranked films

Luminance

very dark

0.29 — brighter than 0% of ranked films

Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the Ballad Of Narayama page →

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