Will to Live

19991h 59mNo ratings yet

Drama

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 15, 1999
Original language: Japanese
Spoken languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan
Production: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Cast: Hideo Kanze,Shun Ueda,Hiromi Nakazato,Yôko Nakajima,Hideko Yoshida,Hitoshi Kusanagi,Chōei Takahashi,Kikuma Shimoiizaka,Yuriko Hirooka,Moeko Ezawaand 23 more
Director: Kaneto Shindō
Writer: Kaneto Shindō
Producer: Jirô Shindô
Cinematography: Yoshiyuki Miyake
Music: Hikaru Hayashi
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0309703