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