Will to Live (1999) — drama film. Directed by Kaneto Shindō. Starring Rentaro Mikuni, Shinobu Otake, Naoko Ohtani, Akira Emoto. This page maps 6 characters and 5 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
Interactive Features for Will to Live
Will to Live offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:
Character Relationship Map
— Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 6 characters interconnect through 5 relationship links.
An elderly man's physical decline forces a confrontation with familial neglect, culminating in a daughter's redemptive reversal of a tragic cultural legend.
Drama · 6.4/10 · 119 min · 1999
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.
