Will to Live

Will to Live (1999)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1999-01-15
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 59min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kaneto Shindō
star 6.3/10
From 6 Ratings

Summary

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

    as Yasukichi

  • Shinobu Ôtake

    as Tokuko

  • Naoko Ohtani

    as Yasukichi's lover

  • Akira Emoto

    as Doctor

  • Yoshiko Miyazaki

    as Tomoko

  • Chōei Takahashi

    as

  • Akaji Maro

    as

  • Hideo Kanze

    as Director of a hospital

  • Aya Mizuno

    as

  • Masaru Baba

    as

  • Yuriko Hirooka

    as

  • Hitoshi Kusanagi

    as

  • Ai Toyama

    as

  • Nao Ômori

    as

  • Rinko Kikuchi

    as

  • Naomasa Musaka

    as

  • Hisako Hara

    as

  • Moeko Ezawa

    as

  • Manabu Muraji

    as

  • Yasumi Maezawa

    as

  • Yôko Nakajima

    as

  • Bokuzo Masana

    as

  • Rei Natsume

    as

  • Hideko Yoshida

    as Old woman at village

  • Masayuki Shionoya

    as

  • Ei Hamura

    as

  • Hiromi Nakazato

    as

  • Masahiko Tsugawa

    as Village chief

  • Tokuko Watanabe

    as Village chief's lover

  • Eimei Esumi

    as Villager

  • Fujio Suga

    as

  • Shun Ueda

    as

  • Kikuma Shimoiizaka

    as
Writing Kaneto Shindō Writer
Directing Kaneto Shindō Director
Editing Yukio Watanabe Editor
Camera Yoshiyuki Miyake Director of Photography
Sound Hikaru Hayashi Original Music Composer
Production Jirô Shindô Producer

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