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