Will to Live (1999)

Release Date: 1999-01-15
Runtime: 1h 59min
Production Company: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Production Country: Japan
Director: Kaneto Shindo

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.