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Will to Live

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.

1999 |1h 59m |  Drama

Cast

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Rentaro Mikuni

Yasukichi

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Shinobu Ôtake

Tokuko

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Naoko Ohtani

Yasukichi's lover

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Akira Emoto

Doctor

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Yoshiko Miyazaki

Tomoko

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Chōei Takahashi

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Akaji Maro

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Hideo Kanze

Director of a hospital

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Yuriko Hirooka

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Nao Omori

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Rinko Kikuchi

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Naomasa Musaka

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Hisako Hara

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Moeko Ezawa

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Manabu Muraji

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Bokuzo Masana

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Hideko Yoshida

Old woman at village

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Masayuki Shionoya

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Masahiko Tsugawa

Village chief

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Tokuko Watanabe

Village chief's lover

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Eimei Esumi

Villager

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Fujio Suga

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Shun Ueda

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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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