
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.
- Year: 1999
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
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- Director: Kaneto Shindō
- Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Shinobu Ôtake, Naoko Ohtani, Akira Emoto, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Chōei Takahashi