Directed by:
Tetsuya NakashimaScreenplay:
Tetsuya NakashimaComposer:
Gabriele RobertoCast:
Miki Nakatani, 伊勢谷友介, Anna Tsuchiya, YosiYosi Arakawa, Noriko Eguchi, Sora Aoi, Eita Nagayama, Asuka Kurosawa, Akira Emoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Kō Shibasaki (more)Plots(1)
When the body of Aunt Matsuko (Miki Nakatani), who has been living as a tramp, is found murdered, her selfish young nephew Shou (Eita Nagajama) is sent to clear out her apartment. Shou finds the place crammed full of garbage but, as he begins to sort through the rubbish, he finds himself becoming more and more interested in this strange woman. Conversations with neighbours begin to fit the pieces of the jigsaw together and Shou discovers that Matsuko has led a more than colourful life. From her early fall-out with her father, her progression through life included a career as a teacher, a series of love affairs and a spell in a massage parlour, until she ended up in jail for murdering her pimp. On her release, finding that her lover had gone off with another, she became involved with a Yakuza gangster, before being dumped again and becoming a recluse. Finally, she met her untimely death. All of Matsuko’s life story is portayed in a series of extravagant musical set-pieces, which enable even the darkest episodes of her life to be seen in a unique and enjoyable way. All of these revelations about his aunt affect Shou greatly and lead him to the conclusion that he must change his own self-centred ways. (Third Window Films)
(more)Cast
Miki Nakatani
Japan
Best movies:
Flavor of Happiness (2008)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
伊勢谷友介
Japan
Best movies:
Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Anna Tsuchiya
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Kamikaze Girls (2004)
The Taste of Tea (2004)
YosiYosi Arakawa
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Noriko Eguchi
Japan
Best movies:
Swing Girls (2004)
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Sora Aoi
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Hormones (2008)
Revenge: A Love Story (2010)
Eita Nagayama
Japan
Best movies:
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker (2007)
Hanging Garden (2005)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Asuka Kurosawa
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Cold Fish (2010)
Himizu (2011)
Akira Emoto
Japan
Best movies:
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
Teruyuki Kagawa
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
One Piece Film: Z (2012)
Kō Shibasaki
Japan
Best movies:
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Go (2001)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Houka Kinoshita
Japan
Best movies:
Flavor of Happiness (2008)
Sonatine (1993)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Hideo Sakaki
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Azumi (2003)
Girl's Blood (2014)
Kyūsaku Shimada
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
One Million Yen Girl (2008)
Sad Vacation (2007)
Shōsuke Tanihara
Japan
Best movies:
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
Mikako Ichikawa
Japan
Best movies:
Be with You (2004)
Romantic Prelude (2009)
Glasses (2007)
Makoto Togashi
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Cure (1997)
Guilty of Romance (2011)
Tetsu Watanabe
Japan
Best movies:
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Fireworks (1997)
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
Kankurô Kudô
Japan
Best movies:
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
A Heartful of Love (2005)
Yôji Tanaka
Japan
Best movies:
One Piece! (1999)
Kikujiro (1999)
By Player (2000)