Will to Live (1999)
1999 · 1h 59m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Kaneto Shindō
Writers: Kaneto Shindō
Music by: Hikaru Hayashi
Cinematography: Yoshiyuki Miyake
Editor: Yukio Watanabe
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni as YasukichiShinobu Otake as TokukoNaoko Ohtani as Yasukichi's loverAkira Emoto as DoctorYoshiko Miyazaki as TomokoChoei TakahashiAkaji MaroHideo Kanze as Director of a hospitalAya MizunoMasaru BabaYuriko HirookaHitoshi KusanagiMore like this
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