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Will to Live

63% | Jan 15, 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.

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Kaneto Shindō
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Writer

Cast

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Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
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Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
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Akira Emoto
Doctor

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