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.
Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi

Shinobu Otake
Tokuko

Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover

Akira Emoto
Doctor

Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko

Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital

Hideko Yoshida
Old woman at village

Masahiko Tsugawa
Village chief

Tokuko Watanabe
Village chief's lover
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