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Will to Live(1999)

01/15/1999 (JP)Drama1h 59m
63%

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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.

Kaneto Shindō

Director

Movie Cast

Rentaro Mikuni photo

Rentaro Mikuni

Yasukichi

Shinobu Ôtake photo

Shinobu Ôtake

Tokuko

Naoko Ohtani photo

Naoko Ohtani

Yasukichi's lover

Akira Emoto photo

Akira Emoto

Doctor

Yoshiko Miyazaki photo

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Tomoko

Chōei Takahashi photo

Chōei Takahashi

Akaji Maro photo

Akaji Maro

Hideo Kanze photo

Hideo Kanze

Director of a hospital

Aya Mizuno photo

Aya Mizuno

Masaru Baba photo

Masaru Baba

Yuriko Hirooka photo

Yuriko Hirooka

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyKindai Eiga Kyokai

Original LanguageJapanese

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