Watch Will to Live (1999) Official Trailer
6.4 / 10 IMDb January 15, 1999 1h 59m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 59m
Release Date
January 15, 1999
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Languages
Japanese
Country
Japan
Writers
Producers
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
as Yasukichi
Shinobu Otake
as Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
as Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
as Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
as Tomoko
Choei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hideo Kanze
as Director of a hospital
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Aya Mizuno
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Masaru Baba
Yuriko Hirooka
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Hitoshi Kusanagi
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Ai Toyama
Nao Omori
Rinko Kikuchi
Naomasa Musaka
Hisako Hara
Moeko Ezawa
Manabu Muraji
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Yasumi Maezawa
Production Companies
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
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