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.
| Title | Will to Live |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | Japan |
| Studio | Kindai Eiga Kyokai |
| Cast | Rentaro Mikuni, Shinobu Ôtake, Naoko Ohtani, Akira Emoto, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Chōei Takahashi |
| Crew | Kaneto Shindō (Writer), Kaneto Shindō (Director), Yukio Watanabe (Editor), Yoshiyuki Miyake (Director of Photography), Hikaru Hayashi (Original Music Composer), Jirô Shindô (Producer) |
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| Release | Jan 15, 1999 |
| Runtime | 119 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 6.30 / 10 by 6 users |
| Popularity | 2 |
| Budget | 0 |
| Revenue | 0 |
| Language | 日本語 |
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