Will to Live (1999)

Original title

生きたい

Directed by

Kaneto Shindō

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 59m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

An elderly man decides to live life on his own terms after a health scare. He reconnects with family and faces his mortality with quiet resolve.

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What happens

Will to Live (生きたい, Ikitai) is a 1999 Japanese comedy drama film directed by Kaneto Shindō starring Rentarō Mikuni and Shinobu Otake. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.