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Will to Live

Will to Live

生きたい
6.4 (7) ·1999 ·119 min ·Movie
Drama

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.

Top 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
Masaru Baba

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