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