Kiraware Matsuko no isshô (2006)

Shou's father Norio finds his son in a rather meaningless existence in Tokyo dominated by alcohol and porn videos. Having left home two years earlier to pursue life as a musician, Shou has ... See full summary »

Director:

Tetsuya Nakashima

Writers:

Tetsuya Nakashima (screenplay), Muneki Yamada (novel)

Stars:

Miki Nakatani, Eita, Yûsuke Iseya

12 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miki Nakatani	...	Matsuko Kawajiri
Eita	...	Shô Kawajiri
Yûsuke Iseya	...	Yôichi Ryû (as Yusuke Iseya)
Mikako Ichikawa	...	Kumi Kawajiri
Asuka Kurosawa	...	Megumi Sawamura
Gori	...	Shûji Ôkura
Shinji Takeda	...	Onodera
YosiYosi Arakawa	...	Kenji Shimazu
Gekidan Hitori	...	Takeo Okano
Magy	...	Detective
Shôsuke Tanihara	...	Shunji Saeki
Takanori Takeyama	...	Vice-Principal
Masahiro Kômoto	...	Man with Stand on School Trip
Nagisa Katahira	...	Herself
Takuzô Kadono	...	Principal

Storyline

Shou's father Norio finds his son in a rather meaningless existence in Tokyo dominated by alcohol and porn videos. Having left home two years earlier to pursue life as a musician, Shou has left his band and his girlfriend has left him. His father asks a favor, that Shou clean out the apartment of his aunt Matsuko, who he says led a meaningless life until her murder at the age of 53. The apartment is filled with garbage bags and is even more unkempt than his apartment has become, and he becomes intrigued with his aunt as details of her life are supplied by a tattooed neighbor and others. Her feelings of neglect by her father Tsunehiro, who favored her chronically ill younger sister, Kumi, translated into becoming a dutiful junior high school teacher devoted to her students until being forced to resign after being blamed for the theft of some money by one of them. Leaving her family due to the disgrace, she had a series of affairs with lovers who physically abused her and did a stint as...

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Plot Keywords:

prison | murder | affair | teacher | theft | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

27 May 2006 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Conociendo a Matsuko

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amuse Soft Entertainment, Kiraware Matsuko no Isshô Seisaku Iinkai, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1 surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Kiraware Matsuko no isshô (2006)

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Soundtracks

"The End"
Written & Performed by ROSEROSE
Courtesy of DIS MANI / K.O.G.A Records

User Reviews

Devastating

This film will just blow you away! While I would say it was fairly sad at times, and you'll shake your head at the life choices the lead character made, the film will stay with you. It definitely has tearjerker moments, major ones. The acting is uniformly superb. I originally knew about the film through this site, because I am very impressed with the acting of Asuka Kurosawa ("A Snake Of June") and wanted to see her in a film in which you actually see her in her beauty (She boldly works in horror films, sometimes with distorted features, like "Kirie" and "Dead Waves"). She looks gorgeous in this film, but so does the title character. Like many films with a female name in them (think Leslie Caron, Audrey Hepburn), you'll fall in love, commiserate, get angry with and, ultimately, forgive her flaws. Is it perfect? No, it isn't. The rating of 10 stars has to do with the effect it had on me. It'll just stay with you. Thank goodness this wasn't an American film, it would have been sanitized and "fairy taled" to the point of manifesting ad nauseum. Its sad, you might cry, but you'll love it.