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