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