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Will to Live 1999 Directed by Kaneto Shindō 生きたい

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Release Date 15 January 1999
119 mins
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
Aya Mizuno
Aya Mizuno
Masaru Baba
Masaru Baba
Yuriko Hirooka
Yuriko Hirooka
Hitoshi Kusanagi
Hitoshi Kusanagi
Ai Toyama
Ai Toyama
Nao Omori
Nao Omori
Rinko Kikuchi
Rinko Kikuchi
Naomasa Musaka
Naomasa Musaka
Hisako Hara
Hisako Hara
Moeko Ezawa
Moeko Ezawa
Manabu Muraji
Manabu Muraji
Yasumi Maezawa
Yasumi Maezawa
Yôko Nakajima
Yôko Nakajima
Bokuzo Masana
Bokuzo Masana
Rei Natsume
Rei Natsume
Hideko Yoshida
Hideko Yoshida Old woman at village
Masayuki Shionoya
Masayuki Shionoya
Ei Hamura
Ei Hamura
Hiromi Nakazato
Hiromi Nakazato
Masahiko Tsugawa
Masahiko Tsugawa Village chief
Tokuko Watanabe
Tokuko Watanabe Village chief's lover
Eimei Esumi
Eimei Esumi Villager
Fujio Suga
Fujio Suga
Shun Ueda
Shun Ueda
Kikuma Shimoiizaka
Kikuma Shimoiizaka
Crew
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Writer
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Producer
Jirô Shindô
Jirô Shindô
Cinematography
Yoshiyuki Miyake
Yoshiyuki Miyake
Composer
Hikaru Hayashi
Hikaru Hayashi
Editor
Yukio Watanabe
Yukio Watanabe