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