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