Directed by:
Tetsuya NakashimaScreenplay:
Tetsuya NakashimaComposer:
Gabriele RobertoCast:
Miki Nakatani, 伊勢谷友介, Anna Tsuchiya, YosiYosi Arakawa, Noriko Eguchi, Sora Aoi, Eita Nagayama, Asuka Kurosawa, Akira Emoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Kō Shibasaki (more)Plots(1)
When a bored college student learns that a long lost aunt has been found dead in a park, he begins piecing together her life to see if it had any value. What he finds is a revelation. Talented film director, Tetsuya Nakashima ("Kamikaze Girls" 04), wield a host of cinematic tools to make "Memories of MATSUKO" a memorably entertaining and emotionally powerful "fairytale tragedy," weaving together realistic human drama with offbeat comedy and spectacular (Bob Fosse-like) production numbers to tell the heartbreaking story of Matsuko Kawajiri, a starry-eyed woman who spends her entire life serching for a worthy "prince" capable of returning her limitless love. Versatile actress, Miki Nakatani, renders a virtuosic performance in the lead role of Matsuko. (Third Window Films)
(more)Cast
![Miki Nakatani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/099/164099280_3378f6.jpg)
Miki Nakatani
Japan
Best movies:
Flavor of Happiness (2008)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
![伊勢谷友介](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/783/168783515_5q8p6w.jpg)
伊勢谷友介
Japan
Best movies:
Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
![Anna Tsuchiya](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276534_2ca824.jpg)
Anna Tsuchiya
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Kamikaze Girls (2004)
The Taste of Tea (2004)
![YosiYosi Arakawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515882_48eb2d.jpg)
YosiYosi Arakawa
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
![Noriko Eguchi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/370/166370782_53b900.jpg)
Noriko Eguchi
Japan
Best movies:
Swing Girls (2004)
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
![Sora Aoi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185716_8e252f.jpg)
Sora Aoi
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Hormones (2008)
Revenge: A Love Story (2010)
![Eita Nagayama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/453/166453953_3fd9eb.jpg)
Eita Nagayama
Japan
Best movies:
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker (2007)
Hanging Garden (2005)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
![Asuka Kurosawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/174/166174754_8bf82d.jpg)
Asuka Kurosawa
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Cold Fish (2010)
Himizu (2011)
![Akira Emoto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/343/168343483_616e6p.jpg)
Akira Emoto
Japan
Best movies:
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
![Teruyuki Kagawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274316_1efa96.jpg)
Teruyuki Kagawa
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
One Piece Film: Z (2012)
![Kō Shibasaki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274407_6144ad.jpg)
Kō Shibasaki
Japan
Best movies:
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Go (2001)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
![Houka Kinoshita](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/647/164647686_f5689e.jpg)
Houka Kinoshita
Japan
Best movies:
Flavor of Happiness (2008)
Sonatine (1993)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Hideo Sakaki
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Azumi (2003)
Girl's Blood (2014)
![Kyūsaku Shimada](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/435/168435069_snwt2l.jpg)
Kyūsaku Shimada
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
One Million Yen Girl (2008)
Sad Vacation (2007)
![Shōsuke Tanihara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/396/159396943_25e4f1.jpg)
Shōsuke Tanihara
Japan
Best movies:
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
![Mikako Ichikawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471936_7ccf41.jpg)
Mikako Ichikawa
Japan
Best movies:
Be with You (2004)
Romantic Prelude (2009)
Glasses (2007)
![Makoto Togashi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/912/164912957_a12ac0.jpg)
Makoto Togashi
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Cure (1997)
Guilty of Romance (2011)
![Tetsu Watanabe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172553_372328.jpg)
Tetsu Watanabe
Japan
Best movies:
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Fireworks (1997)
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
![Kankurô Kudô](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/509/164509583_563438.jpg)
Kankurô Kudô
Japan
Best movies:
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
A Heartful of Love (2005)
![Yôji Tanaka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/174/168174702_794k11.jpg)
Yôji Tanaka
Japan
Best movies:
Kikujiro (1999)
By Player (2000)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)