Will to Live
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.
Top Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
Shinobu Otake
Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Choei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hideo Kanze
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
