Will to Live

Name: Will to Live
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-01-15
Duration: 119 min

1h 59m·Drama

Directed by Kaneto Shindō·1999

Rate

6.4/10 avg

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.

DirectorKaneto ShindōCinematographyYoshiyuki MiyakeStudioKindai Eiga Kyokai

Actor	Role
Rentaro MikuniYasukichi	Yasukichi
Shinobu OtakeTokuko	Tokuko
Naoko OhtaniYasukichi's lover	Yasukichi's lover
Akira EmotoDoctor	Doctor
Yoshiko MiyazakiTomoko	Tomoko
Choei TakahashiNot listed	Not listed
Akaji MaroNot listed	Not listed
Hideo KanzeDirector of a hospital	Director of a hospital
AAya MizunoNot listed	Not listed
MMasaru BabaNot listed	Not listed
Yuriko HirookaNot listed	Not listed
HHitoshi KusanagiNot listed	Not listed
AAi ToyamaNot listed	Not listed
Nao OmoriNot listed	Not listed
Rinko KikuchiNot listed	Not listed
Naomasa MusakaNot listed	Not listed
Hisako HaraNot listed	Not listed
Moeko EzawaNot listed	Not listed
Manabu MurajiNot listed	Not listed
YYasumi MaezawaNot listed	Not listed
Yôko NakajimaNot listed	Not listed
Bokuzo MasanaNot listed	Not listed
Rei NatsumeNot listed	Not listed
Hideko YoshidaOld woman at village	Old woman at village
Masayuki ShionoyaNot listed	Not listed
EEi HamuraNot listed	Not listed
HHiromi NakazatoNot listed	Not listed
Masahiko TsugawaVillage chief	Village chief
Tokuko WatanabeVillage chief's lover	Village chief's lover
Eimei EsumiVillager	Villager

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