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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...

Release: 1998-01-10
Runtime: 70 min
Cast
Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho
Takayuki Iwabuchi
Shinobu Terajima
Shinobu Terajima
Sawa Hatanaka
Eiji Bandō
Eiji Bandō
Goro Takahashi
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Takashi Morimiya
Osamu Uchida
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Tojuro Sawamura
Kiyohime
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Nobuo Koganei
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Tamio Sobami
Tamio Sobami
Taihei Kato
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Shinko Endô
Kikue Kato
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Kazuaki Otsuka
Chuji Hatanaka
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Yasuko Yano
Aya Hatanaka
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Hiroshi Ikeda
Yoichi Hatanaka
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Nao Kitagami
Haru Hatanaka
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Kanako Nakamura
Takayuki's Grandmother
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Junko Ezaki
Takayuki's Older Sister
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Chiya Kitamura
Takayuki's Younger Sister
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Tomono Ito
Takayuki's Aunt
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Reiji Maruko
Takayuki's Grandfather
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Yoshihiro Taga
Takayuki's Father