Will to Live

Name: Will to Live
Director: Kaneto Shindō
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-01-15
Duration: 119 min
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Shinobu Otake, Naoko Ohtani, Akira Emoto, Yoshiko Miyazaki

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1999 · 119 min · Drama · TMDB 6.4/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Kaneto Shindō

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni — Yasukichi
Shinobu Otake — Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani — Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto — Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki — Tomoko