Will to Live
生きたい
Release: 1999-01-15·Runtime: 119m·★ 6.3
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
Naoko Ohtanias Yasukichi's lover
Moeko Ezawa
Shun Ueda
Rentaro Mikunias Yasukichi
Shinobu Otakeas Tokuko
Tokuko Watanabeas Village chief's lover
Yuriko Hirooka
Bokuzo Masana
Hideo Kanzeas Director of a hospital
Fujio Suga
Nao Omori
Manabu Muraji
Eimei Esumias Villager
Masahiko Tsugawaas Village chief
Yoshiko Miyazakias Tomoko
Naomasa Musaka
Masayuki Shionoya
Akira Emotoas Doctor
Rinko Kikuchi
Rei Natsume
Hideko Yoshidaas Old woman at village
Chōei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hisako Hara
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