Full awards and nominations of Memories of Matsuko
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Comedy. Drama. Romance. Musical
It is the present day and Matsuko's nephew, Sho, is cleaning out his dead aunt's filthy apartment. Through a series of encounters, he gradually learns of his aunt's checkered life. Matsuko, in fact, seems at time to be speaking to Sho from the grave as he becomes the audience's guide to her life. We first see Matsuko in the early 1970s as a popular junior high school teacher in her hometown until a fateful day when she imprudently ... [+]
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31st Japan Academy Film Prize
- nom. Best Director (Tetsuya Nakashima)
- nom. Best Screenplay (Tetsuya Nakashima)
- winner Best Actress (Miki Nakatani)
- winner Best Music (Gabriele Roberto, Takeshi Shibuya)
- nom. Best Cinematography (Shôichi Atô)
- nom. Best Lighting Direction (Taro Kimura)
- nom. Best Art Direction (Towako Kuwajima)
- nom. Best Sound Recording (Junichi Shima, Tadao Tasai)
- winner Best Film Editing (Yoshiyuki Koike)