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movie
1999
🌐 ja
⏱ 1 h 59 min
Will to Live
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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
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Rentarō Mikuni
actor
Shinobu Otake
actor
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Naoko Ohtani
actor
Akira Emoto
actor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
actor
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Chōei Takahashi
actor
Akaji Maro
actor
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Hideo Kanze
actor
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Aya Mizuno
actor
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Masaru Baba
actor
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Yuriko Hirooka
actor
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Hitoshi Kusanagi
actor
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Ai Toyama
actor
Nao Ōmori
actor
Rinko Kikuchi
actor
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Naomasa Musaka
actor
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Hisako Hara
actor
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Moeko Ezawa
actor
Manabu Muraji
actor
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Yasumi Maezawa
actor
