Will to Live

1999 • 1h 59m • Drama

6.4(7 votes)

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.

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Writers

Kaneto Shindō

Status

Released