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