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