Yukon 1998 Directed by Keizo Yamamoto

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...

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Companies TBS , Suyama Productions
Release Date 10 January 1998
70 mins
Cast
Koji Yakusho Takayuki Iwabuchi
Shinobu Terajima Sawa Hatanaka
Eiji Bandō Goro Takahashi
Takashi Morimiya Osamu Uchida
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
Eri Seo Takayuki's Marriage Partner's Mother