Will to Live

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

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Shinobu Otake, Naoko Ohtani, Akira Emoto, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Choei Takahashi, Akaji Maro, Hideo Kanze

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.