Basic Info
Release: January 15, 1999
Runtime: 119 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.3/10 (6 votes)
Status: Released
Will to Live
1999
119 min
⭐ 6.3/10
6 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- Japanese ja
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Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
Shinobu Otake
Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Chōei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital
Aya Mizuno
Masaru Baba
Yuriko Hirooka
Hitoshi Kusanagi
Crew
Kaneto Shindo
Writer
Kaneto Shindo
Director
Jirô Shindô
Producer
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