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Will to Live
January 15, 1999
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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.
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Cast & Crew
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/cEVDZGcHVFf7Zpff9nCE4yoO4id.jpg)
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
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Shinobu Ôtake
Tokuko
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/81V2QpnJZTTdXq0YIjDJwbdkhsO.jpg)
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/xzkNCTcLGNkcyd6BctEhtRVP4L3.jpg)
Akira Emoto
Doctor
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Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
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Drama