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