Non-ko (2008)
Nobuko tried to be successful as an actress in Tokyo (stage name ‘Nonko’), but wasn’t popular. She married her manager and soon divorced. Now a once-divorced woman in her mid-30s, she returns home to the Shinto shrine that her family runs, to help out with domestic chores. Her father is always in a stubborn rage, her mother is always trying to calm things down. However, Nonko’s married sister, who already has a daughter, scathingly says of Nonko, “It’s all over for her.”
Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
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Maki Sakai as Nonko |
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Gen Hoshino as Masaru |
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Shingo Tsurumi as Udagawa |
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Kanji Tsuda as Tokio Yasukawa |
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Shigeru Saiki as |
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Hitomi Sato as |
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Masayo Utsunomiya as |
| Lighting | Isamu Fujii | Gaffer |
| Writing | Takashi Ujita | Writer |
| Camera | Ryuto Kondo | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Satoshi Yoshida | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Zensuke Hori | Editor |
| Directing | Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | Director |
| Art | Koji Kozumi | Art Direction |