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Dominican Rep. Will to Live
- Original title
- Ikitai (Will to Live)
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 119 min.
- Country
Japan- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Rentarô Mikuni
Shinobu Otake
Akira Emoto
Hideko Yoshida
Rinko Kikuchi
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Masahiko Tsugawa
Hideaki Esumi- Tokuko Watanabe
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- Music
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Old Age / Elderly
- Synopsis
- The legend of abandoning old people in the mountains is preserved in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. But similar stories can be found, as folktales, here and there throughout the country. A number of poems have been written on the theme in ancient time. How about contemporary times? In this civilized society it is impossible to throw away oldsters in the mountains. One might try, but it classes as homicide. This film depicts "how old people ought to live" by comparing ancient times with today.
- Awards
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1999: Moscow Film Festival: Best Film - Golden St. George, FIPRESCI Award
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