Memories of Matsuko (2006)

Memories of Matsuko Japanese movie poster

Memories of Matsuko is a Japanese movie written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima and based on a novel by Muneki Yamada.

Movie info

Original title: 嫌われ松子の一生
Transliterated title: Kiraware Matsuko no Isshō
Release date: May 27, 2006
Directed by: Tetsuya Nakashima
Written by: Tetsuya Nakashima (screenplay)
Muneki Yamada (novel)
Eiren rating: PG12 (Parental Guidance Requested)
Distributed by: Toho

Region A Blu-ray (English subtitles)
Label: Panorama (Hong Kong)
Out: Aug 26, 2011
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Region B Blu-ray (English subtitles)
Label: Third Window Films (UK)
Out: Feb 14, 2011
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Region 2 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Third Window Films (UK)
Out: Jan 14, 2009
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Region 3 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Panorama (Hong Kong)
Out: Jan 11, 2007
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Plot

20-year-old Sho begins cleaning out his aunt Matsuko’s apartment. She had vanished 30 years earlier and was discovered dead in a park 3 days ago, mysteriously murdered. While there, he meets several people that slowly unravel the mystery of Matsuko’s amazing, but tragic life. Her life began to spiral out of control when she lost her teaching job and got alienated from her family in the early 1970s over an unfortunate misunderstanding. After that, she went on to get involved in a series of doomed, abusive relationships that ultimately led to her feelings of being unloved getting much worse.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Miki Nakatani	Matsuko Kawajiri
	Eita	Sho Kawajiri
	Yusuke Iseya	Yoichi Ryu
	Mikako Ichikawa	Kumi Kawajiri
	Asuka Kurosawa	Megumi Sawamura
	Gori	Shuji Okura
	Shinji Takeda	Onodera
	YoshiYoshi Arakawa	Kenji Shimazu
	Gekidan Hitori	Takeo Okano
	Magy	Detective
	Shosuke Tanihara	Shunji Saeki
	Takanori Takeyama	Vice Principal
	Masahiro Komoto	Man with stand on school trip
	Nagisa Katahira	Herself
	Takuzo Kadono	Principal
	Midoriko Kimura	Tae Kawajiri
	Mari Hamada	Norio's Wife
	Hirotaro Honda	Himself
	Tetsu Watanabe	Detective A
	Aki Takejo	Keeper of prison
	Hana Kino	Policewoman
	Kyusaku Shimada	Priest
	Hideo Sakaki	Megumi's bodyguard
	Kana Okunoya
	Jun Hirokawa
	Yuki Imai
	Kaela Kimura
	Kou Shibasaki
	Kankuro Kudo
	Teruyuki Kagawa
	Akira Emoto

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