Will to Live

Will to Live

1999/01/15 • Released • Japanese

Drama
6.3
1h 59m

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

Casts
Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Yasukichi

Shinobu Ôtake

Shinobu Ôtake

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

Yuriko Hirooka

Yuriko Hirooka

Hitoshi Kusanagi

Ai Toyama

Nao Ômori

Nao Ômori

Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Hisako Hara

Hisako Hara

Moeko Ezawa

Moeko Ezawa

Manabu Muraji

Manabu Muraji

Yasumi Maezawa

Yôko Nakajima

Bokuzo Masana

Bokuzo Masana

Rei Natsume

Hideko Yoshida

Hideko Yoshida

Old woman at village

Masayuki Shionoya

Masayuki Shionoya

Ei Hamura

Hiromi Nakazato

Masahiko Tsugawa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Village chief

Tokuko Watanabe

Tokuko Watanabe

Village chief's lover

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Villager

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Shun Ueda

Kikuma Shimoiizaka

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