

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.
Will to Live was directed by Kaneto Shindō.
Will to Live runs for 1h 59min, and was released in 1999.
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