Will to Live

6.3

1999-01-15

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.

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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

1999-01-15

Runtime

119

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Budget

Revenue

Genres

Drama

Language

日本語

Production

Kindai Eiga Kyokai

Will to Live

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.

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Rentaro Mikuni

Shinobu Ôtake

Naoko Ohtani

Akira Emoto

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Chōei Takahashi

Akaji Maro

Hideo Kanze

Aya Mizuno

Masaru Baba

Yuriko Hirooka

Hitoshi Kusanagi

Ai Toyama

Nao Omori

Rinko Kikuchi

Naomasa Musaka

Hisako Hara

Moeko Ezawa

Manabu Muraji

Yasumi Maezawa

Yôko Nakajima

Bokuzo Masana

Rei Natsume

Hideko Yoshida

Masayuki Shionoya

Ei Hamura

Hiromi Nakazato

Masahiko Tsugawa

Tokuko Watanabe

Eimei Esumi

Fujio Suga

Shun Ueda

Kikuma Shimoiizaka