Will to Live

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MOVIE

Will to Live

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.

Original Title

生きたい

Release Date

1999-01-15

Year

1999

Duration

1h 59m

Status

Released

Score

6.30

Genres

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

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Aya Mizuno

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Masaru Baba