Will to Live

Directed by Kaneto Shindō
1999    1h 59m
Drama
6.9
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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.
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Cast of Will to Live
  • Rentaro MikuniYasukichi
  • Shinobu OtakeTokuko
  • Naoko OhtaniYasukichi's lover
  • Akira EmotoDoctor
  • Yoshiko MiyazakiTomoko
  • Chōei Takahashi
  • Akaji Maro
  • Hideo KanzeDirector of a hospital
  • 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 YoshidaOld woman at village
  • Masayuki Shionoya
  • Ei Hamura
  • Hiromi Nakazato
  • Masahiko TsugawaVillage chief
  • Tokuko WatanabeVillage chief's lover
  • Eimei EsumiVillager
  • Fujio Suga
  • Shun Ueda
  • Kikuma Shimoiizaka

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