Will to Live (1999)
1h 59m
Running Time
January 15, 1999Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi

Shinobu Ôtake
Tokuko

Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover

Akira Emoto
Doctor

Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko

Chōei Takahashi

Akaji Maro

Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital

Aya Mizuno

Masaru Baba

Yuriko Hirooka

Hideko Yoshida
Old woman at village

Masahiko Tsugawa
Village chief

Tokuko Watanabe
Village chief's lover

Eimei Esumi
Villager

Kaneto Shindō
Director / Writer

Yoshiyuki Miyake
Director of Photography

Yukio Watanabe
Editor

Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer

Jirô Shindô
Producer

Yôko Nakajima

Bokuzo Masana

Rei Natsume

Masayuki Shionoya
Media.

Details.
Release DateJanuary 15, 1999
Original Name生きたい
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 59m
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
Will to Live (生きたい, Ikitai) is a 1999 Japanese comedy drama film directed by Kaneto Shindō starring Rentarō Mikuni and Shinobu Otake.
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