Non-ko (2008)
Overview
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.”
Cast
Maki Sakai
Nonko
Gen Hoshino
Masaru
Shingo Tsurumi
Udagawa
Kanji Tsuda
Tokio Yasukawa
Shigeru Saiki
Hitomi Sato
Masayo Utsunomiya
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