Will to Live (Movie)

1999 / Director: Kaneto Shindō / Avg Rating: 6.4 out of 10

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.

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