

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.
Director
Kaneto ShindōWriters
Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi

Shinobu Otake
Tokuko

Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover

Akira Emoto
Doctor

Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko

Choei Takahashi

Akaji Maro

Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital
Aya Mizuno
Masaru Baba

Yuriko Hirooka
Hitoshi Kusanagi
Ai Toyama

Nao Omori

Rinko Kikuchi

Naomasa Musaka

Hisako Hara

Moeko Ezawa

Manabu Muraji
Yasumi Maezawa