Yukon (1998)
1h 10m
Running Time
January 10, 1998Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

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

Chiya Kitamura
Takayuki's Younger Sister

Tomono Ito
Takayuki's Aunt

Reiji Maruko
Takayuki's Grandfather

Yoshihiro Taga
Takayuki's Father

Yoshihiro Imai
Takayuki's Younger Sister's Husband

Hajime Inoue
Kudamatsu

Kim Yangfa
Female Employee

Fumiko Minami
Female Employee

Masayuki Matsuno
Young Takayuki
