Will to Live (1999)
Overview
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
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
Shinobu Otake
Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Choei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital
Yuriko Hirooka
Nao Omori
Rinko Kikuchi
Naomasa Musaka
Hisako Hara
Moeko Ezawa
Manabu Muraji
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The Ballad of Narayama
Inside I'm Dancing
The Nest
What Maisie Knew
Girl in the Box
The Kindness of Strangers
Lorelei
Kisses
Mindwalk
Salomé
I Never Sang for My Father
Vanya on 42nd Street
Holy Lands
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
One Million Yen Girl
Farming
True to the Game
The Color of Friendship
Baadasssss!