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