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