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