Nonko 36-sai

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Movie: Nonko 36-sai
Romaji: Nonko 36-sai (kaji-tetsudai)
Japanese: ノン子３６歳（家事手伝い）
Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Writer: Takashi Ujita
Producer: Tomohiro Kobayashi, Gen Sato, Keiko Kusakabe
Cinematographer: Ryuto Kondo
Release Date: December 20, 2008
Runtime: 105min.
Distributor: There's Enterprise
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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.”

There’s no place to run to and no place to belong, just a backwards little country town. The only thing to do is ride her bicycle to her friend’s bar to drink with the owner, another divorcee. She can’t remember the last time she got dressed up or had sex.

Nonko, who is totally lacking in ambition, encounters a young man named Masaru. He has great expectations about selling chicks at the shrine festival. Nonko ends up taking him to the house of Yasukawa, who allots space for festival stalls. Masaru is rather naïve and pitiable, but this earnest and straightforward younger man puts a smile back on her face, and she gradually becomes more emotionally and physically receptive, until her ex-husband, Udagawa, makes his appearance. Nonko’s heart begins to tremble.

Cast


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Maki Sakai	Gen Hoshino	Shingo Tsurumi
Nobuko Bando	Masaru	Udagawa


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Kanji Tsuda	Shigeru Saiki	Masayo Utsunomiya
Tokio Yasukawa


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Eri Nitta	Hitomi Sato	Yoshimi Tachi

Additional Cast Members:

Akira Kitamura

Trailer (English subtitles)

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Film Festivals

2008 (9th) TOKYO FILMeX - November 22nd-30th - Competition Section
2009 (9th) Nippon Connection - April 15th-19th - Nippon Cinema
2009 (38th) International Film Festival Rotterdam - January 21st-February 1st - Spectrum (International Premiere)

Comments

Comment #4
RamenLover Says:
Oct 23 2008 1:20 pm

Have not seen "Antenna" but does seem to have an interesting premise. Will check that one out if opportunity arises.
Comment #3
Raku Says:
Oct 22 2008 12:30 pm

I think Green Mind, Metal Bats and Freesia are very good, in fact I re-watched Green Mind again recently. Have you seen Antenna? if you haven't I recommend it.
Comment #2
RamenLover Says:
Oct 22 2008 11:54 am

"Green Mind, Metal Bats" was great and "Freesia" pretty good too. Can't wait to see this one as well.
Comment #1
Raku Says:
Oct 22 2008 9:58 am

Awesome a new movie by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri I see the trailer awhile ago on youtube but didn't know what it was from.