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