Will to Live
生きたい
★ 6.4·1999·1h 59min·Drama
Overview
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.
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
- Original language
- Japanese
- Status
- Released (Jan 15, 1999)
Cast
33 people
Rentaro MikuniYasukichi
Shinobu OtakeTokuko
Naoko OhtaniYasukichi's lover
Akira EmotoDoctor
Yoshiko MiyazakiTomoko
Choei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hideo KanzeDirector of a hospital- AMAya Mizuno
- MBMasaru Baba
Yuriko Hirooka- HKHitoshi Kusanagi
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- ATAi Toyama
Nao Omori
Rinko Kikuchi
Naomasa Musaka
Hisako Hara
Moeko Ezawa
Manabu Muraji- YMYasumi Maezawa
Yôko Nakajima
Bokuzo Masana
Rei Natsume
Hideko YoshidaOld woman at village
Masayuki Shionoya- EHEi Hamura
- HNHiromi Nakazato
Masahiko TsugawaVillage chief
Tokuko WatanabeVillage chief's lover
Eimei EsumiVillager
Fujio Suga
Shun Ueda- KSKikuma Shimoiizaka
