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Will to Live (1999)

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.

Release: 1999-01-15
Runtime: 119 min
Rating: 6.3 / 10
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
Chōei Takahashi
Chōei 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
Yuriko Hirooka
Yuriko Hirooka
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Hitoshi Kusanagi
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Ai Toyama
Nao Omori
Nao Omori
Rinko Kikuchi
Rinko Kikuchi
Naomasa Musaka
Naomasa Musaka
Hisako Hara
Hisako Hara
Moeko Ezawa
Moeko Ezawa