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Will to Live
Will to Live

Will to Live

1999

6.3

Categories:

  • Drama

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, Writer

Jirô Shindô

Producer

Cast:

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  • Rentaro Mikuni

    Rentaro Mikuni

    Yasukichi
  • Shinobu Ôtake

    Shinobu Ôtake

    Tokuko
  • Naoko Ohtani

    Naoko Ohtani

    Yasukichi's lover
  • Akira Emoto

    Akira Emoto

    Doctor
  • Yoshiko Miyazaki

    Yoshiko Miyazaki

    Tomoko
  • Chōei Takahashi

    Chōei Takahashi