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