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Will to Live

1999
Directed byKaneto Shindō
1h 59m

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.

CAST
Rentaro MikuniYasukichiShinobu OtakeTokukoNaoko Ohtani
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Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.3

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