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