Will to Live 1999
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.
- Released: 1999-01-15
- Runtime: 119 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Rentaro Mikuni, Shinobu Ôtake, Akira Emoto, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Chōei Takahashi, Hideo Kanze, Masaru Baba, Nao Ômori, Rinko Kikuchi, Naomasa Musaka, Hisako Hara, Moeko Ezawa, Yasumi Maezawa, Hideko Yoshida, Tokuko Watanabe, Kikuma Shimoiizaka, Aya Mizuno, Yuriko Hirooka, Ai Toyama, Shun Ueda Show all >
- Director: Kaneto Shindō