Yukon

Overview

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...

Directed by Keizo Yamamoto

Top cast

Koji Yakusho

Takayuki Iwabuchi

Shinobu Terajima

Sawa Hatanaka

Eiji Bandō

Goro Takahashi

T

Takashi Morimiya

Osamu Uchida

T

Tojuro Sawamura

Kiyohime

N

Nobuo Koganei

Resident

Tamio Sobami

Taihei Kato

S

Shinko Endô

Kikue Kato

K

Kazuaki Otsuka

Chuji Hatanaka

Y

Yasuko Yano

Aya Hatanaka

H

Hiroshi Ikeda

Yoichi Hatanaka

N

Nao Kitagami

Haru Hatanaka

K

Kanako Nakamura

Takayuki's Grandmother

J

Junko Ezaki

Takayuki's Older Sister

C

Chiya Kitamura

Takayuki's Younger Sister

T

Tomono Ito

Takayuki's Aunt

R

Reiji Maruko

Takayuki's Grandfather

Y

Yoshihiro Taga

Takayuki's Father

Y

Yoshihiro Imai

Takayuki's Younger Sister's Husband

Hajime Inoue

Kudamatsu

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