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