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
Hideko Yoshida
as Old woman at village
Rentaro Mikuni
as Yasukichi
Chōei Takahashi
Hideo Kanze
as Director of a hospital
Hisako Hara
Tokuko Watanabe
as Village chief's lover
Eimei Esumi
as Villager
Akaji Maro
Rinko Kikuchi
Shun Ueda
Shinobu Otake
as Tokuko
Akira Emoto
as Doctor
Fujio Suga
Moeko Ezawa
Yuriko Hirooka
Masayuki Shionoya
Yoshiko Miyazaki
as Tomoko
Bokuzo Masana
Masahiko Tsugawa
as Village chief
Naoko Ohtani
as Yasukichi's lover
Nao Omori
Naomasa Musaka
Manabu Muraji
