• Jan 15, 1999
  • 119 min
  • Full-HD

Will to Live (1999)

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.

Category
Country
Japan
Companies
Kindai Eiga Kyokai

Rentaro Mikuni

Yasukichi

Shinobu Ôtake

Tokuko

Naoko Ohtani

Yasukichi's lover

Akira Emoto

Doctor

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Tomoko

Chōei Takahashi

Akaji Maro

Hideo Kanze

Director of a hospital

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