Movie: Kakekomi
Romaji: Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko
Japanese: 駆込み女と駆出し男
Director: Masato Harada
Writer: Hisashi Inoue (novel), Masato Harada
Producer: Tadashi Oosumi, Nozomu Enoki
Cinematographer: Takahide Shibanushi
Release Date: May 16, 2015
Runtime: 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Set in the Edo period during a time when the divorce rate was actually 2x higher than the present day.
A thrift ordinance has been announced by the government and the lives of common people get worse. During this time, many woman who want to divorce run to the Tokei-ji which is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Japan. The Tokei-ji helps women who are abused from their husbands and get divorced if they so desire. Nobujiro Nakamura (Yo Oizumi) is a doctor and wants to be a literary writer. He is staying at the Goyo yado in Tokei-ji. Nobujiro Nakamura tries to help the women with various ideas to start a new life. He develops feelings for one of those women. Jogo (Erika Toda) runs to the Tokei-ji because she is sick and tired of her husband. Her husband doesn't take responsibility for his family and does whatever he wants. A concubine, Ogin (Hikari Mitsushima), for a wholesale dealer runs to the Tokei-ji.
Does Nobujiro Nakamura love Jogo, Ogin or a different woman ?
Notes
Based on the novel "Tokeiji Hanadayori" by Hisashi Inoue (published October, 2011 by Bungeishunjū Ltd.).
Cast
Yo Oizumi as Nobujiro Nakamura
Erika Toda as Jogo
Hikari Mitsushima as Ogin
Rina Uchiyama as Yuu Togasaki
Misuzu Kanno as Oyuki
Hyunri as Osen
Hana Hizuki as Buddhist Nun Hoshu
Mariko Akama as Buddhist Nun Hosuzu
Rei Otori as Buddhist Nun Hoko
Yuko Miyamoto as Tamamushi
Wakana Matsumoto as Otane
Shinji Takeda as Juzo
Yukiya Kitamura as Yozo Torii
Ikuji Nakamura as Tadakuni Mizuno
Hajime Yamazaki as Yohachi Ishii
Akaji Maro as Seisetsu
Tetsunaga Matsuoka as Ta no Kansuke Naka
Midoriko Kimura as Okatsu
Katsumi Kiba as Rihei
Jun Hashimoto as Sanpachi Omiya
Takashi Inoue as Sanjin Hana
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Eisen Keisai
Denden as Shunsui Tamenaga
Katsuo Nakamura as Kaze no Kinbe
Kirin Kiki as Genbee Kashiwaya
Shinichi Tsutsumi as Saburoemon
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Writer Bakin Kyokutei
Additional Cast Members:
Akiko Enji - Omitsu
Atsuko Takahata - woman of book rental shop