70 minutes
1/10/1998
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...
Koji Yakusho
as Takayuki Iwabuchi
Shinobu Terajima
as Sawa Hatanaka
Eiji Bandō
as Goro Takahashi
Takashi Morimiya
as Osamu Uchida
Tojuro Sawamura
as Kiyohime
Nobuo Koganei
as Resident
Tamio Sobami
as Taihei Kato
Shinko Endô
as Kikue Kato
Kazuaki Otsuka
as Chuji Hatanaka
Yasuko Yano
as Aya Hatanaka
Hiroshi Ikeda
as Yoichi Hatanaka
Nao Kitagami
as Haru Hatanaka
Kanako Nakamura
as Takayuki's Grandmother
Junko Ezaki
as Takayuki's Older Sister
Chiya Kitamura
as Takayuki's Younger Sister
Tomono Ito
as Takayuki's Aunt
Reiji Maruko
as Takayuki's Grandfather
Yoshihiro Taga
as Takayuki's Father
Yoshihiro Imai
as Takayuki's Younger Sister's Husband
Hajime Inoue
as Kudamatsu
Kim Yangfa
as Female Employee
Fumiko Minami
as Female Employee
Masayuki Matsuno
as Young Takayuki
Eri Seo
as Takayuki's Marriage Partner's Mother