Face (2000-Japan)
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- Movie: Face
- Romaji: Kao
- Japanese: 顔
- Director: Junji Sakamoto
- Writer: Junji Sakamoto, Isamu Uno
- Producer: Yukiko Shii
- Cinematographer Norimichi Kasamatsu
- Release Date: August 12, 2000
- Runtime: 124 min.
- Distributor: Tokyo Theaters Company
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Sullen and withdrawn 'ugly' elder sister Masako toils endlessly with mending chores in her widowed mother's dry cleaning shop, seething with hatred for her flashy younger sister Yukari, who visits only for free laundry service. When mother dies and Yukari persists in her abuse, Masako cracks and strangles her. She flees and takes a number of identities and odd jobs, meeting people as she goes. To her surprise Masako finds people in general to be kind and helpful (although she's sexually abused more than once) and she blossoms as a personality, even to the extent of becoming a popularly liked bar hostess like her murdered sister. -- Cinema Repose
Cast
- Naomi Fujiyama - Masako
- Etsushi Toyokawa - Hiroyuki
- Michiyo Ookusu - Ritsuko
- Kankuro Nakamura
- Ittoku Kishibe
- Koichi Sato - Ikeda
- Jun Kunimura
- Riho Makise
- Ai Saotome - Sakiko Kariyama
- Hajime Tsukumo - Train Conductor
- Shungiku Uchida - Coffee Shop Woman
- Misako Watanabe - Yoshimura
Film Festivals
- 2010 (12th) Mumbai Film Festival - October 21-28, 2010 - Celebration of Japanese Cinema
Awards
- "Director of the Year" - 2001 (24th) Japan Academy Prize - March 9, 2001
- "Best Director" - 2000 (43rd) Blue Ribbon Awards | February 9, 2001
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