

Will to Live
生きたい
Overview
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.
- Production
- Kindai Eiga Kyokai
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Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi

Shinobu Otake
Tokuko

Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover

Akira Emoto
Doctor

Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko

Choei Takahashi

Akaji Maro

Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital

Yuriko Hirooka

Nao Omori

Rinko Kikuchi

Naomasa Musaka

Hisako Hara

Moeko Ezawa

Manabu Muraji

Yôko Nakajima

Bokuzo Masana

Rei Natsume

Hideko Yoshida
Old woman at village

Masayuki Shionoya
Crew
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
- Writers
- Kaneto Shindō
- Producers
- Jirô Shindô
- Cinematography
- Yoshiyuki Miyake
- Composer
- Hikaru Hayashi
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