Movie: The Mourner (literal title)
Romaji: Itamu Hito
Japanese: 悼む人
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Writer: Arata Tendo (novel), Sumio Omori
Producer:
Cinematographer: Daiske Soma
Release Date: February 14, 2015
Runtime: 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
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.
Notes
Based on the novel "Itamu Hito" by Arata Tendo (published from October, 2006 to September, 2008 in Novel Magazine Oru Yomimono).
Novel was awarded the 140th Naoki Prize in 2008
A stage play version was staged in 2012 with the main character Shizuto Sakatsuki played by Osamu Mukai. Yukihiko Tsutsumi also directed the stage play and Sumio Omori wrote the stage play version.
Cast
Kengo Kora as Shizuto Sakatsuki
Yuriko Ishida as Yukiyo Nagi
Arata Iura as Sakuya Kosui
Shihori Kanjiya as Mishio Sakatsuki
Kippei Shiina as Kotaro Makino
Shinobu Otake as Junko Sakatsuki
Yusuke Yamamoto as Reiji Fukuno
Yumi Asou as Kyoko Numata
Hajime Yamazaki as Yukichi Numata
Keiko Toda as Masae Hida
Natsuko Akiyama as v
Mitsuru Hirata asTakahiko Sakatsuki
Additional Cast Members:
Yoshikazu Nishikawa - Naoki Numata