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