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