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
Akira Emoto
as Doctor
Chōei Takahashi
Tokuko Watanabe
as Village chief's lover
Yoshiko Miyazaki
as Tomoko
Masahiko Tsugawa
as Village chief
Fujio Suga
Hisako Hara
Hideko Yoshida
as Old woman at village
Naomasa Musaka
Yuriko Hirooka
Rinko Kikuchi
Masayuki Shionoya
Shinobu Otake
as Tokuko
Akaji Maro
Hideo Kanze
as Director of a hospital
Eimei Esumi
as Villager
Manabu Muraji
Moeko Ezawa
Bokuzo Masana
Rentaro Mikuni
as Yasukichi
Nao Omori
Shun Ueda
Naoko Ohtani
as Yasukichi's lover
