Will to Live
Ikitai
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Rentarō Mikuni
Yasukichi Yamamoto
Shinobu Ôtake
Tokuko Yamamoto
Naoko Ôtani
Mama-san
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Chôei Takahashi
Stuck-up Man
Akaji Maro
Old People's Home Director
Hideo Kanze
Hospital Director
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Aya Mizuno
Nurse
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Masaru Baba
Chief Station Master
Hikaru Hayashi
Composer