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Will to Live

6.419991h 59mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorKaneto Shindō
WriterKaneto Shindō
ProducerJirô Shindô

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Cast · Directed by Kaneto Shindō

RMRentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
SOShinobu Otake
Shinobu Otake
Tokuko
NONaoko Ohtani
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
AEAkira Emoto
Akira Emoto
Doctor
YMYoshiko Miyazaki
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
CTChoei Takahashi
Choei Takahashi
AMAkaji Maro
Akaji Maro
HKHideo Kanze
Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital
AM
Aya Mizuno
MB
Masaru Baba
YHYuriko Hirooka
Yuriko Hirooka
HK
Hitoshi Kusanagi

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