Yukon (1998)

Trama

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 YakushoTakayuki Iwabuchi
• 寺島しのぶSawa Hatanaka
• 板東英二Goro Takahashi
• Takashi MorimiyaOsamu Uchida
• 澤村藤十郎（二代目）Kiyohime
• Nobuo KoganeiResident
• 側見民雄Taihei Kato
• Shinko EndôKikue Kato
• Kazuaki OtsukaChuji Hatanaka
• Yasuko YanoAya Hatanaka
• 池田宏Yoichi Hatanaka
• Nao KitagamiHaru Hatanaka
• Kanako NakamuraTakayuki's Grandmother
• Junko EzakiTakayuki's Older Sister
• Chiya KitamuraTakayuki's Younger Sister
• Tomono ItoTakayuki's Aunt
• Reiji MarukoTakayuki's Grandfather
• Yoshihiro TagaTakayuki's Father