Kakekomi (2015)

Kakekomi is a 2015 Japanese movie directed by Masato Harada and based on a novel by Hisashi Inoue titled "Tōkei-ji Hanadayori".

Movie info

Original title: 駆込み女と駆出し男
Transliterated title: Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko
Release date: May 16, 2015
Directed by: Masato Harada
Written by: Masato Harada (screenplay)
Hisashi Inoue (novel)
Genres: Comedy | Drama | History
Subgenres: Based on novel | Edo period | Jidaigeki
Distributed by: Shochiku

Plot

During the Edo period, a nunnery called Tōkei-ji becomes known for offering refuge to women while they’re in the process of divorcing their husbands or are otherwise trapped in bad situations. Shinjiro stays at a Kashiwaya Inn which is located at Tōkei-ji to get ideas for a book he plans to write about various situations and tactics involved in divorce arbitration. While there, he attempts to offer friendly advice to several of the women regarding their new lives, but winds up getting dragged into their troubles in the process.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Yo Oizumi	Nakamura Shinjiro
	Erika Toda	Jogo
	Hikari Mitsushima	O-gin
	Kirin Kiki	Genbei, Kashiwaya Inn proprietress
	Shinichi Tsutsumi	Saburoemon, O-gin's husband and wholesale business owner
	Rina Uchiyama	Tokei-ji resident
	Tsutomu Yamazaki	Takizawa Bakin, author
	Shinji Takeda	Jogo's abusive husband
	Midoriko Kimura	Okatsu, wife of Kashiwaya clerk
	Hana Hizuki
	Katsumi Kiba
	Misuzu Kanno
	Jun Hashimoto
	Yukiya Kitamura

Latest news

Yo Oizumi, Erika Toda, and Hikari Mitsushima to star in "Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko"

Actor Yo Oizumi is set to star in Masato Harada's upcoming film Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko, marking the first time the two have worked together. Actresses Erika Toda and...

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