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
Moeko Ezawa
Masayuki Shionoya
Shinobu Otakeas Tokuko
Rinko Kikuchi
Yôko Nakajima
Fujio Suga
Akira Emotoas Doctor
Hideo Kanzeas Director of a hospital
Yuriko Hirooka
Nao Omori
Naoko Ohtanias Yasukichi's lover
Akaji Maro
Naomasa Musaka
Masahiko Tsugawaas Village chief
Tokuko Watanabeas Village chief's lover
Hisako Hara
Manabu Muraji
Hideko Yoshidaas Old woman at village
Yoshiko Miyazakias Tomoko
Shun Ueda
Rentaro Mikunias Yasukichi
Bokuzo Masana
Rei Natsume
Eimei Esumias Villager
Choei Takahashi
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