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