Will to Live (1999)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1999-01-15
Runtime: 119 minutes
Director: Kaneto Shindō
Top Cast
- Rentaro Mikuni as Yasukichi
- Shinobu Otake as Tokuko
- Naoko Ohtani as Yasukichi's lover
- Akira Emoto as Doctor
- Yoshiko Miyazaki as Tomoko
- Choei Takahashi as
- Akaji Maro as
- Hideo Kanze as Director of a hospital
- Aya Mizuno as
- Masaru Baba as
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