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