Will to Live

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Release date: January 15, 1999
Duration: 119 minutes
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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.

Starring

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Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
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Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
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Akira Emoto
Doctor