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Will to Live

"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."

Cast

76975

Rentaro Mikuni

as Yasukichi
545825

Shinobu Ôtake

as Tokuko
33137

Naoko Ohtani

as Yasukichi's lover
13283

Akira Emoto

as Doctor
237362

Yoshiko Miyazaki

as Tomoko
123859

Chōei Takahashi

as

2544

Akaji Maro

as

224658

Hideo Kanze

as Director of a hospital
2443155

Aya Mizuno

as

1174852

Masaru Baba

as

551590

Yuriko Hirooka

as

1491673

Hitoshi Kusanagi

as

1783465

Ai Toyama

as

58604

Nao Ômori

as

18054

Rinko Kikuchi

as

133886

Naomasa Musaka

as

134289

Hisako Hara

as

146649

Moeko Ezawa

as

1253093

Manabu Muraji

as

2443498

Yasumi Maezawa

as

2174481

Yôko Nakajima

as

127226

Bokuzo Masana

as

1185564

Rei Natsume

as

95346

Hideko Yoshida

as Old woman at village
132956

Masayuki Shionoya

as

1322923

Ei Hamura

as

2396259

Hiromi Nakazato

as

551776

Masahiko Tsugawa

as Village chief
1016280

Tokuko Watanabe

as Village chief's lover
133710

Eimei Esumi

as Villager
83203

Fujio Suga

as

1028474

Shun Ueda

as

1080007

Kikuma Shimoiizaka

as

Crew

33727

Kaneto Shindō

Director
33727

Kaneto Shindō

Writer
1273705

Yoshiyuki Miyake

Director of Photography
1274453

Yukio Watanabe

Editor
1034270

Hikaru Hayashi

Original Music Composer
1273704

Jirô Shindô

Producer