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