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