The Mourner

The Mourner

138 mins | Drama | Feb. 14, 2015

Shizuto Sakatsuki (Kengo Kora) is a mourner. He goes to scenes of accidents and mourns for the victims. Yukiyo Nagi (Yuriko Ishida), who killed her husband and served prison time, goes to the scene of the murder and meets Shizuto. She follows him from that time. Other people that exists in their lives are Shizuto’s mother Junko who is terminally ill with cancer and waits for Shizuto’s return, his younger sister Mishio who is pregnant by her now ex-boyfriend and a magazine reporter who chases after Shizuto. The movie examines life and death, love and hate and sin and forgiveness through these characters.

The Mourner

138 mins | Drama | Feb. 14, 2015

The Mourner
Shizuto Sakatsuki (Kengo Kora) is a mourner. He goes to scenes of accidents and mourns for the victims. Yukiyo Nagi (Yuriko Ishida), who killed her husband and served prison time, goes to the scene of the murder and meets Shizuto. She follows him from that time. Other people that exists in their lives are Shizuto’s mother Junko who is terminally ill with cancer and waits for Shizuto’s return, his younger sister Mishio who is pregnant by her now ex-boyfriend and a magazine reporter who chases after Shizuto. The movie examines life and death, love and hate and sin and forgiveness through these characters.
Producers Kino Films
Original title 悼む人
Directors Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Writers Arata Tendo, Sumio Omori

Cast

Kengo Kora

as Shizuto Sakatsuki

Yuriko Ishida

as Yukiyo Naga

Arata Iura

as Sakuya Kosui

Shihori Kanjiya

as Mishio Sakatsuki

Kippei Shiina

as Kotaru Makino