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...
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Koji Yakusho
Takayuki Iwabuchi
Known for
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Shinobu Terajima
Sawa Hatanaka
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Eiji Bandō
Goro Takahashi
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Takashi Morimiya
Osamu Uchida
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Tojuro Sawamura
Kiyohime
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Kazuaki Otsuka
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Yasuko Yano
Aya Hatanaka
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Hiroshi Ikeda
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Keizo Yamamoto Director · Shin'ichi Ichikawa Writer
First release January 10, 1998 · Produced in Japan · Production TBS
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Suyama Productions
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TBS
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Japan
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Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 10, 1998
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