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...
Directed by Keizo Yamamoto
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Cast
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
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