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