Non-ko

Non-ko — Plot

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.”

• Release date
• December 20, 2008
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Kazuyoshi Kumakiri

Non-ko — Cast

Maki Sakai Nonko Gen Hoshino Masaru Shingo Tsurumi Udagawa Kanji Tsuda Tokio Yasukawa Shigeru Saiki Hitomi Sato Masayo Utsunomiya