Ikitai

Name: Ikitai
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-01-15
Duration: 1 h 59 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Rentarō Mikuni, Shinobu Ôtake, Naoko Ôtani, Akira Emoto, Yoshiko Miyazaki

IMDb ID: tt0309703 · Year: 1999 · Rating: 7.0 (149 votes)

Genres: Drama

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.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesWorld-wide: Will to Live (English)
Poland: Witalność
Japan: 生きたい (Japanese)
Will to LiveRelease Date1999-01-15Runtime119 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews1Critic Reviews2Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordsadaptationProduction CompaniesKindai Eiga KyokaiIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309703/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0309703.jpgUpdated At2025-12-07T13:43:05

Directors

Kaneto Shindō

Writers

Kaneto Shindō

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Rentarō Mikuni | Character: Yasukichi Yamamoto
Actor: Shinobu Ôtake | Character: Tokuko Yamamoto
Actor: Naoko Ôtani | Character: Mama-san
Actor: Akira Emoto | Character: Doctor
Actor: Yoshiko Miyazaki | Character: Tomoko
Actor: Chôei Takahashi | Character: Stuck-up Man
Actor: Akaji Maro | Character: Old People's Home Director
Actor: Hideo Kanze | Character: Hospital Director
Actor: Aya Mizuno | Character: Nurse
Actor: Masaru Baba | Character: Chief Station Master
Actor: Yuriko Hirooka | Character: Sachiko Yamamoto
Actor: Hitoshi Kusanagi | Character: Teruo Yamamoto
Actor: Ou Tsuyama | Character: Akemi Torizu
Actor: Nao Ōmori | Character: University Student
Actor: Rinko Kikuchi | Character: High School Student
Actor: Naomasa Musaka | Character: Shaven-Headed Man
Actor: Hisako Hara | Character: Cute Old Lady
Actor: Moeko Ezawa | Character: Hospital Bailiff
Actor: Manabu Muraji | Character: Young Man at Workshop
Actor: Yasumi Maezawa | Character: Workshop Supervisor
Actor: Yôko Nakajima | Character: Workshop Worker
Actor: Bokuzō Masana | Character: Supermarket Clerk
Actor: Akiyo Sogabe | Character: Supermarket Clerk
Actor: Tôru Watanabe | Character: Delivery Man
Actor: Rei Natsume | Character: Masseur
Actor: Hideko Yoshida | Character: Okoma
Actor: Masayuki Shionoya | Character: Kuma
Actor: Ei Hamura | Character: Ushi
Actor: Hiromi Onoe | Character: Okichi
Actor: Masahiko Tsugawa | Character: Village Chief
Actor: Tokuko Watanabe | Character: Village chief's lover
Actor: Eimei Esumi | Character: Villager
Actor: Fujio Suga | Character: Villager
Actor: Shun Ueda | Character: Villager
Actor: Daizô Kitamura | Character: Villager
Actor: Kikuma Shimoiizaka | Character: Villager

[Directors Group]
Name: Kaneto Shindō | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Kaneto Shindō | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Jirô Shindô | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Hikaru Hayashi | Role: Composer

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309703/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Japan: January 15, 1999
Russia: July 1999 (Moscow Film Festival)

Awards

Box Office

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