Will to Live
1999It 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.
Acted in
Rentaro Mikuni
as Yasukichi
Shinobu Ôtake
as Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
as Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
as Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
as Tomoko
Chōei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hideo Kanze
as Director of a hospital
Aya Mizuno
Masaru Baba
Yuriko Hirooka
Hitoshi Kusanagi
Ai Toyama
Nao Ômori
Rinko Kikuchi
Naomasa Musaka
Hisako Hara
Moeko Ezawa
Manabu Muraji
Yasumi Maezawa
Yôko Nakajima
Bokuzo Masana
Rei Natsume
Hideko Yoshida
as Old woman at village
Masayuki Shionoya
Ei Hamura
Hiromi Nakazato
Masahiko Tsugawa
as Village chief
Tokuko Watanabe
as Village chief's lover
Eimei Esumi
as Villager
Fujio Suga
Shun Ueda
Kikuma Shimoiizaka