Will to Live
1999
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1h 59m
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star
6.3 / 10
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.
Top Billed Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
Shinobu Ôtake
Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Chōei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital
Aya Mizuno
Masaru Baba