Memories of Matsuko

May 27, 2006

2h 10m

★ 7.8

Destiny of shrine maiden.

Overview

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

TBS

Amuse Soft Entertainment

Stardust Pictures

TOHO

Hakuhodo DY Media Partners

Tokyo FM

PARCO

Horipro

Warner Music Japan

Suplex

Gentosha

Memories of Matsuko Trailers

Cast

Matsuko Kawajiri

Miki Nakatani

Sho Kawajiri

Eita Nagayama

Yoichi Ryu

Yūsuke Iseya

Norio Kawajiri

Teruyuki Kagawa

Kumi Kawajiri

Mikako Ichikawa

Megumi Sawamura

Asuka Kurosawa

Tsunehiro Kawajiri

Akira Emoto

Shuji Okura

Gori

Asuka

Ko Shibasaki

Tetsuya Yamekawa

Kankuro Kudo

Onodera

Shinji Takeda

Kenji Shimazu

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

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