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