Yukon (1998)
Takayuki Iwabuchi, a former yakuza member with a tattoo of Kisshoten on his back. Although he has a criminal record, he is currently working as a driver at a hearse transportation company. One day, a young man visits the company and asks Takayuki to transport the body of his fiancé, Sawa, who had unexpectedly passed away, to her hometown in a rural area of Takamatsu, Shikoku. Takayuki decides to go to Shikoku with the young man, However, the man disappears when leaving to take a call while they are stopped at a rest area near Setoo Bridge. Left alone, Takayuki arrives at Sawa's home village after much searching. He then tells Sawa's bereaved family about the situation at her parents' house. There, he learns of the tradition of posthumous marriage, or 'Yukon', from the village elder...
| Movie ID | 73338 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Keizo Yamamoto |
| Main cast | Koji Yakusho, Shinobu Terajima, Eiji Bandō, Takashi Morimiya, Tojuro Sawamura, Nobuo Koganei, Tamio Sobami, Shinko Endô |
| Release date | 10 January 1998 |
| Release year | 1998 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Duration | 70 min (1h 10m) |
| Rating | – |
| Production house | Suyama Productions |
Director: Keizo Yamamoto
Writers: Shin'ichi Ichikawa
Top cast
Koji YakushoTakayuki Iwabuchi
Shinobu TerajimaSawa Hatanaka
Eiji BandōGoro Takahashi
Takashi MorimiyaOsamu Uchida
Tojuro SawamuraKiyohime
Nobuo KoganeiResident
Tamio SobamiTaihei Kato
Shinko EndôKikue Kato
Kazuaki OtsukaChuji Hatanaka
Yasuko YanoAya Hatanaka
Hiroshi IkedaYoichi Hatanaka
Nao KitagamiHaru Hatanaka
Kanako NakamuraTakayuki's Grandmother
Junko EzakiTakayuki's Older Sister
Chiya KitamuraTakayuki's Younger Sister
Tomono ItoTakayuki's Aunt
Reiji MarukoTakayuki's Grandfather
Yoshihiro TagaTakayuki's Father
Yoshihiro ImaiTakayuki's Younger Sister's Husband
Hajime InoueKudamatsu
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