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