Will to Live

(1999)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 7 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1999

Runtime: 119 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 新藤兼人

Cast: 三国連太郎, Отаке Шинобу, 大谷直子, Акира Эмото, Йошико Миядзаки, 高橋長英, 麿赤兒, 観世栄夫, Aya Mizuno, 馬場当

Plot

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.