Will to Live
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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.
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Cast
36 people
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
Known for
Kwaidan
The Burmese Harp
Shinobu Otake
Tokuko
Known for
Arrietty
The Wind Rises
Kaneto Shindō
Also in
The Battleship on the Ground
Hymn
Jirô Shindô
Hikaru Hayashi
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
Known for
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
The Land of Hope
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Known for
Rental Family
Hanzawa Naoki
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Known for
Ran
Mirai
Choei Takahashi
Known for
Lake of Dracula
Hachiko
Akaji Maro
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Suicide Club
Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
Pitfall
Aya Mizuno
Known for
Ring
Kaneto Shindō Director · Hikaru Hayashi Composer Yoshiyuki Miyake Cinematographer
First release January 15, 1999 · Produced in Japan · Original title 生きたい
Production
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
生きたい
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 15, 1999
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
October 8, 2011 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Kaneto Shindô Films
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