Will to Live

Drama · 1999

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.

Starring

Rentaro Mikuni, Kaneto Shindō, Shinobu Otake, Kaneto Shindō, Shinobu Ōtake, Hikaru Hayashi, Naoko Ohtani, Jirô Shindô, Akira Emoto, Yoshiyuki Miyake, Yoshiko Miyazaki

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Producer

Jirô Shindô