Yukon
movie

Released January 10, 1998
Genres:
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...
Cast

Koji Yakusho
as
Takayuki Iwabuchi

Shinobu Terajima
as
Sawa Hatanaka

Eiji Bandō
as
Goro Takahashi
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Takashi Morimiya
as
Osamu Uchida
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Tojuro Sawamura
as
Kiyohime
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Nobuo Koganei
as
Resident

Tamio Sobami
as
Taihei Kato
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Shinko Endô
as
Kikue Kato
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Kazuaki Otsuka
as
Chuji Hatanaka
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Yasuko Yano
as
Aya Hatanaka
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Hiroshi Ikeda
as
Yoichi Hatanaka
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Nao Kitagami
as
Haru Hatanaka
