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