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The Face of Jizo (2004)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 39M

Director : Kazuo Kuroki
Writer : Kazuo Kuroki

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Rie Miyazawa
Rie Miyazawa
Mitsue Fukuyoshi
Yoshio Harada
Yoshio Harada
Takezou Fukuyoshi
Tadanobu Asano
Tadanobu Asano
Mr. Kinoshita

Crews

Kazuo Kuroki
Kazuo Kuroki
Director
Hisashi Inoue
Hisashi Inoue
Writer
Kazuo Kuroki
Kazuo Kuroki
Screenplay
Tatsuo Suzuki
Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Yukio Kubota
Yukio Kubota
Sound
Takeo Kimura
Takeo Kimura
Art Direction
Norifumi Ataka
Norifumi Ataka
Production Design
Yoshiyuki Okuhara
Yoshiyuki Okuhara
Editor
Teizô Matsumura
Teizô Matsumura
Music
Toshihiro Mito
Toshihiro Mito
Assistant Director
Tetsuo Ohya
Tetsuo Ohya
Visual Effects Producer
Ayako Uchida
Ayako Uchida
Script Supervisor

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