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