Will to Live

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Kaneto Shindō

Status Released

Release Date 1999-01-15

Storyline

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.