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