The Face of Jizo

Jul 31, 2004

1h 39m

★ 6.7

Overview

Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama). He had somehow learned that she has fallen in love, and tries to convince her to start her new life. But Mitsué obstinately refuses his warm and humorous encouragements : « People were killed in my place. I do not have the right to find happiness », she says.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Eisei Gekijo

Bandai Visual

NIHON SKY WAY

TV Tokyo Medianet

AOI Pro.

Pal Entertainments Production

Nikkatsu Studio

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Cast

Mitsue Fukuyoshi

Rie Miyazawa

Takezou Fukuyoshi

Yoshio Harada

Mr. Kinoshita

Tadanobu Asano

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The Face of Jizo

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