Will to Live
6.4
7 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.
Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Top cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
Shinobu Otake
Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Choei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospitalA
Aya Mizuno
M
Masaru Baba
Yuriko Hirooka
H
Hitoshi Kusanagi
A
Ai Toyama
Nao Omori
Rinko Kikuchi
Naomasa Musaka
Hisako Hara
Moeko Ezawa
Manabu Muraji
Y
Yasumi Maezawa
Details
Status
Released
Release date
January 15, 1999
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Japanese
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