The Mourner (2015)
Also Known As:
悼む人
哀悼人
いたむひと
Itamu Hito
Director:
Tsutsumi Yukihiko [堤幸彦]
Country:
Japanese
Genres:
Drama, life, melodrama, Novel
Status:
Completed
Date aired:
2015
Summary:
Sakatsuki Shizuto is a mourner. He goes to scenes of accidents and mourns for the victims. Nagi Yukiyo, 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. ~~ Based on the novel "Itamu Hito" by Tendo Arata.