Will to Live
6.4
5 Reviews
1999
1h 59min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
15 January 1999
Runtime
1h 59min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Japanese
Production
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
Shinobu Otake
Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Chōei Takahashi
Acting
Akaji Maro
Acting
Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital
Aya Mizuno
Acting
Masaru Baba
Writing
Yuriko Hirooka
Acting
Hitoshi Kusanagi
Acting
Ai Toyama
Acting
Nao Omori
Acting
Rinko Kikuchi
Acting
Naomasa Musaka
Acting
Hisako Hara
Acting
Moeko Ezawa
Acting
Manabu Muraji
Acting
Yasumi Maezawa
Acting
Yôko Nakajima
Acting
Bokuzo Masana
Acting
Rei Natsume
Acting
Hideko Yoshida
Old woman at village
Masayuki Shionoya
Acting
Ei Hamura
Acting
Hiromi Nakazato
Acting
Masahiko Tsugawa
Village chief
Tokuko Watanabe
Village chief's lover
Eimei Esumi
Villager
Fujio Suga
Acting
Shun Ueda
Acting
Kikuma Shimoiizaka
Writing
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