Film

Yukon

1998 · 1h 10m · Drama

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...

Koji Yakusho

Takayuki Iwabuchi

Shinobu Terajima

Sawa Hatanaka

Eiji Bandō

Goro Takahashi

Takashi Morimiya

Osamu Uchida

Tojuro Sawamura

Kiyohime

Nobuo Koganei

Resident

Tamio Sobami

Taihei Kato

Shinko Endô

Kikue Kato

Kazuaki Otsuka

Chuji Hatanaka

Yasuko Yano

Aya Hatanaka

Hiroshi Ikeda

Yoichi Hatanaka

Nao Kitagami

Haru Hatanaka

Kanako Nakamura

Takayuki's Grandmother

Junko Ezaki

Takayuki's Older Sister

Chiya Kitamura

Takayuki's Younger Sister

Tomono Ito

Takayuki's Aunt

• Keizo YamamotoDirector · Producer
• Shin'ichi IchikawaWriter

Release date

January 10, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama