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Film / 1999
Will to Live
Directed by
Kaneto Shindō
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Rentaro MikuniYasukichi
Shinobu OtakeTokuko
Naoko OhtaniYasukichi's lover
Akira EmotoDoctor
Yoshiko MiyazakiTomoko
Choei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hideo KanzeDirector of a hospital
Aya Mizuno
Masaru Baba
Yuriko Hirooka
Hitoshi Kusanagi
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Ai Toyama
Nao Omori
Rinko Kikuchi
Naomasa Musaka
Hisako Hara
Moeko Ezawa
Manabu Muraji
Yasumi Maezawa
Yôko Nakajima
Bokuzo Masana
Rei Natsume
Hideko YoshidaOld woman at village
Masayuki Shionoya
Ei Hamura
Hiromi Nakazato
Masahiko TsugawaVillage chief
Tokuko WatanabeVillage chief's lover
Eimei EsumiVillager
Fujio Suga
Shun Ueda
Kikuma Shimoiizaka
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