Will to Live
Will to Live

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Will to Live

6.3(6 votes)
1999
1h 59m
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.

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Yasukichi

Shinobu Otake

Shinobu Otake

Tokuko

Naoko Ohtani

Naoko Ohtani

Yasukichi's lover

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Doctor

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Tomoko

Chōei Takahashi

Chōei Takahashi

Akaji Maro

Akaji Maro

Hideo Kanze

Hideo Kanze

Director of a hospital

Aya Mizuno

Masaru Baba

Directed by

Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto Shindō

Written by

Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto Shindō

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