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    Yukon

    70'

    1998-01-10

    N/A

    Drama

    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...

    WritingShin'ichi IchikawaDirectingKeizo Yamamoto

    Cast

    4

    Takayuki Iwabuchi

    Koji Yakusho

    2

    Sawa Hatanaka

    Shinobu Terajima

    1

    Goro Takahashi

    Eiji Bandō

    1

    Osamu Uchida

    Takashi Morimiya

    1

    Kiyohime

    Tojuro Sawamura

    1

    Resident

    Nobuo Koganei

    1

    Taihei Kato

    Tamio Sobami

    1

    Kikue Kato

    Shinko Endô

    1

    Chuji Hatanaka

    Kazuaki Otsuka

    1

    Aya Hatanaka

    Yasuko Yano

    1

    Yoichi Hatanaka

    Hiroshi Ikeda

    1

    Haru Hatanaka

    Nao Kitagami

    1

    Takayuki's Grandmother

    Kanako Nakamura

    1

    Takayuki's Older Sister

    Junko Ezaki

    1

    Takayuki's Younger Sister

    Chiya Kitamura

    1

    Takayuki's Aunt

    Tomono Ito

    1

    Takayuki's Grandfather

    Reiji Maruko

    1

    Takayuki's Father

    Yoshihiro Taga

    1

    Takayuki's Younger Sister's Husband

    Yoshihiro Imai

    2

    Kudamatsu

    Hajime Inoue

    1

    Female Employee

    Kim Yangfa

    1

    Female Employee

    Fumiko Minami

    1

    Young Takayuki

    Masayuki Matsuno

    1

    Takayuki's Marriage Partner's Mother

    Eri Seo

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Suyama Productions
      2. TBS
    • Vote Count: 0
    • Popularity: 0.4703
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Yukon

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