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