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.
Top Billed Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
Shinobu Ôtake
Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Featured Crew
Kaneto Shindō
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Writer
Yoshiyuki Miyake
Director of Photography
Yukio Watanabe
Editor
Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Jirô Shindô
Producer
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