Movie

Will to Live

★ 6.4/10 · 7 votes 1999 1h 59m Released

Drama

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 Mikuni Yasukichi Shinobu Otake Tokuko Naoko Ohtani Yasukichi's lover Akira Emoto Doctor Yoshiko Miyazaki Tomoko Choei Takahashi