Drama · Japan · 1999 · 1h 59m

Will to Live

生きたい

Director

Cast

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

Crew

Yoshiyuki Miyake — Director of Photography Yukio Watanabe — Editor Hikaru Hayashi — Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō — Writer Jirô Shindô — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Kaneto Shindō Director Yoshiyuki Miyake Director of Photography Yukio Watanabe Editor Hikaru Hayashi Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō Writer Jirô Shindô Producer

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