The Film
Will to Live
The Story
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.
Runtime
119 min
Released Jan 1999
Directed by
Kaneto Shindō
Written byKaneto Shindō
Gallery
The Stills.
