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