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