
Will to Live
生きたい
Release: 1999-01-15·Runtime: 119m·★ 6.4
Drama
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Cast
Choei Takahashi
Rinko Kikuchi
Manabu Muraji
Hideko Yoshidaas Old woman at village
Rentaro Mikunias Yasukichi
Nao Omori
Yuriko Hirooka
Masayuki Shionoya
Masahiko Tsugawaas Village chief
Shinobu Otakeas Tokuko
Akira Emotoas Doctor
Tokuko Watanabeas Village chief's lover
Rei Natsume
Yoshiko Miyazakias Tomoko
Akaji Maro
Hideo Kanzeas Director of a hospital
Hisako Hara
Yôko Nakajima
Naomasa Musaka
Eimei Esumias Villager
Fujio Suga
Shun Ueda
Naoko Ohtanias Yasukichi's lover
Moeko Ezawa
Bokuzo Masana
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