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Will to Live is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Kaneto Shindo and starring Rentarō Mikuni and Shinobu Otake. 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.
Original Release
01/15/1999
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rentaro Mikuni | Yasukichi |
Shinobu Otake | Tokuko, Yasukichi's first daughter / Tokuko |
Akira Emoto | Doctor |
Hideko Yoshida | Old woman at village |
Eimei Esumi | Villager |
Hideo Kanze | Director of a hospital |
Rinko Kikuchi | |
Yoshiko Miyazaki | Tomoko |
Yôko Nakajima | |
Masayuki Shionoya |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rentaro Mikuni | Yasukichi |
Shinobu Otake | Tokuko, Yasukichi's first daughter / Tokuko |
Akira Emoto | Doctor |
Hideko Yoshida | Old woman at village |
Eimei Esumi | Villager |
Hideo Kanze | Director of a hospital |
Rinko Kikuchi | |
Yoshiko Miyazaki | Tomoko |
Yôko Nakajima | |
Masayuki Shionoya | |
Masahiko Tsugawa | Village chief |
Shun Ueda | Old Man |
Tokuko Watanabe | Village chief's lover |
Naoko Ôtani | Yasukichi's lover |
Fujio Suga | |
Ei Hamura | |
Rei Natsume | |
Moeko Ezawa | |
Hisako Hara | |
Naomasa Musaka |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jirô Shindô | Executive Producer |
Jirô Shindô | Producer |