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