Will to Live (1999)

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

Yasukichi
Rentaro Mikuni
Tokuko
Shinobu Ôtake
Yuriko Hirooka
H Hitoshi Kusanagi
A Ai Toyama
Nao Ômori
Rinko Kikuchi
Naomasa Musaka
Hisako Hara
Moeko Ezawa
Manabu Muraji
Y Yasumi Maezawa
Yasukichi's lover
Naoko Ohtani
Y Yôko Nakajima
Bokuzo Masana
R Rei Natsume
Old woman at village
Hideko Yoshida
Masayuki Shionoya
E Ei Hamura
H Hiromi Nakazato
Village chief
Masahiko Tsugawa
Village chief's lover
Tokuko Watanabe
Villager
Eimei Esumi
Doctor
Akira Emoto
Fujio Suga
S Shun Ueda
K Kikuma Shimoiizaka
Tomoko
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Chōei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Director of a hospital
Hideo Kanze
A Aya Mizuno
M Masaru Baba

Crew

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