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.

• Kaneto ShindōWriter
• Kaneto ShindōDirector
• Hikaru HayashiOriginal Music Composer

• Rentaro MikuniYasukichi
• Shinobu OtakeTokuko
• Naoko OhtaniYasukichi's lover
• Akira EmotoDoctor
• Yoshiko MiyazakiTomoko
• Choei TakahashiCast
• Akaji MaroCast
• Hideo KanzeDirector of a hospital
• Aya MizunoCast
• Masaru BabaCast
• Yuriko HirookaCast
• Hitoshi KusanagiCast