Will to Live

Will to Live

1999
1h 59m
6.3

6.3/10

6 votes • View on IMDb
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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 生きたい
Release Date January 15, 1999
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0309703

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

Choei Takahashi
Choei Takahashi

Akaji Maro
Akaji Maro

Hideo Kanze
Hideo Kanze

Director of a hospital

Aya Mizuno
Aya Mizuno

Masaru Baba
Masaru Baba

Yuriko Hirooka
Yuriko Hirooka

Hitoshi Kusanagi
Hitoshi Kusanagi

Key Crew

Kaneto Shindō
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Writer
Jirô Shindô
Producer

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