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