Memories of Matsuko

Matsuko was killed at age 53. Police found her abandoned body midfield. The woman had enough time living in subhuman conditions. Without anyone want to claim her, Matsuko's brother asks his son, Sho, clean the apartment who has left his aunt. The boy, who at first shown reticent, gradually discovers the life of the ill-fated Matsuko. Delving into the memories of the woman, Sho discovers a fascinating and bizarre life of a romantic woman who committed the crime of loving too much, especially those who do not correspond. Matsuko was always a person who believed that the value of life are not what others do it for the one but what the one can do for others. Sho will know the secret life of a woman as dazzling as tragic. The film won three Academy Awards Japanese film, including Best Actress for Miki Nakatani. Based on the novel by Muneki Yamada.