Non-ko

Directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri

With Maki Sakai, Gen Hoshino, Shingo Tsurumi, Kanji Tsuda and Shigeru Saiki

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.”