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Yukon

Yukon

January 10, 1998
70 minutes
Keizo Yamamoto
Drama

Overview

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...

Movie Details

Release Date

January 10, 1998

Runtime

70 minutes

Director

Keizo Yamamoto

Production Companies

Suyama Productions TBS

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