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Will to Live

1999 · Kaneto Shindō · 119 min

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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.

Rentaro MikuniYasukichiShinobu OtakeTokukoNaoko OhtaniYasukichi's loverAkira EmotoDoctorYoshiko MiyazakiTomokoChoei TakahashiAkaji MaroHideo KanzeDirector of a hospitalAAya MizunoMMasaru BabaYuriko HirookaHHitoshi KusanagiAAi ToyamaNao OmoriRinko Kikuchi

Cast

Rentaro MikuniYasukichiShinobu OtakeTokukoNaoko OhtaniYasukichi's loverAkira EmotoDoctorYoshiko MiyazakiTomokoChoei TakahashiAkaji MaroHideo KanzeDirector of a hospitalAAya MizunoMMasaru BabaYuriko HirookaHHitoshi KusanagiAAi ToyamaNao OmoriRinko Kikuchi

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