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