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