Movie1999119 minReleased

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.

Drama

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Language

Original release language

Production

Kindai Eiga Kyokai

Lead production company

Scope

119 min

Total runtime

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Cast

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Featured Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Yasukichi

Shinobu Otake

Tokuko

Naoko Ohtani

Yasukichi's lover

Akira Emoto

Doctor

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Tomoko

Choei Takahashi

Acting

Akaji Maro

Acting

Hideo Kanze

Director of a hospital

Aya Mizuno

Acting

#10

Masaru Baba

Writing

#11

Yuriko Hirooka

Acting

#12

Hitoshi Kusanagi

Acting

Crew

Key crew roles and departments.

Kaneto Shindō

Writer

Writing

Kaneto Shindō

Director

Directing

Yukio Watanabe

Editor

Editing

Yoshiyuki Miyake

Director of Photography

Camera

Hikaru Hayashi

Original Music Composer

Sound

Jirô Shindô

Producer

Production

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1280 × 720

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1020 × 1530

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1280 × 1920

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Ratings

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TMDB Score

6.4

from 7 ratings

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