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