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