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
Gekidan Hitori
Japan
Best movies:
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (2008)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Paco and the Magical Picture Book (2008)
佐藤佐吉
Best movies:
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Midoriko Kimura
Japan
Best movies:
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker (2007)
Under the Open Sky (2020)
Šindó (2007)
濱田マリ
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Overprotected Kahoko (2017) (series)
Blood and Bones (2004)
Masahiro Komoto
Japan
Best movies:
Perfect Days (2023)
Šindó (2007)
Restart After Come Back Home (2020)
Moe Miura
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
The Blue Bird (2008)
安達祐実
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Hadžimete koi o šita hi ni jomu hanaši (2019) (series)
Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
山本浩司
Japan
Best movies:
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
True Mothers (2020)
The Lightning Tree (2010)
Magy
Japan
Best movies:
Kazushige Komatsu
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Junko Emoto
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Otakus in Love (2004)
Strange Circus (2005)
Yuki Imai
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Summer Wars (2009)
K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008)
田村泰二郎
Japan
Best movies:
Perfect Days (2023)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
The Sun (2005)
Gôichi Mine
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Drowning Love (2016)
浅野麻衣子
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Fish Story (2009)
Dark Water (2002)
土平ドンペイ
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
Gantz (2010)
Hana Kino
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Swing Girls (2004)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
カンニング竹山
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Beck (2010)
Takuzo Kadono
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Hero (2007)
G.I. Samurai (1979)
山田花子
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
20 Century Boys (2008)
Faces of a Fig Tree (2006)