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