
Will to Live
生きたい
Release: 1999-01-15·Runtime: 119m·★ 6.4
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
Yôko Nakajima
Hideko Yoshidaas Old woman at village
Manabu Muraji
Tokuko Watanabeas Village chief's lover
Masahiko Tsugawaas Village chief
Rentaro Mikunias Yasukichi
Akira Emotoas Doctor
Bokuzo Masana
Rei Natsume
Fujio Suga
Choei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hisako Hara
Shinobu Otakeas Tokuko
Naoko Ohtanias Yasukichi's lover
Masayuki Shionoya
Eimei Esumias Villager
Shun Ueda
Hideo Kanzeas Director of a hospital
Yuriko Hirooka
Nao Omori
Rinko Kikuchi
Naomasa Musaka
Yoshiko Miyazakias Tomoko
Moeko Ezawa
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