The Face of Jizo (film)

The Face of Jizo (父と暮せば, Chichi to Kuraseba) is a 2004 Japanese war drama film directed by Kazuo Kuroki and starring Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada and Tadanobu Asano.[1] It is based on the play of the same name by Hisashi Inoue. It was the 3rd and final film of Kazuo Kuroki's War Requiem trilogy, following Tomorrow (1988) and A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2002)

The Face of Jizo
The Face of Jizo
Directed byKazuo Kuroki
Written byHisashi Inoue
Based onThe Face of Jizo
by Hisashi Inoue
StarringRie Miyazawa
Yoshio Harada
Tadanobu Asano
CinematographyTatsuo Suzuki
Release date
  • July 31, 2004 (2004-07-31)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The story follows a young woman, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and her attempts to forge a relationship with a young man while mourning the death of her father in the atomic bombing.

Plot

Three years after the atomic bombing, young librarian Mitsue lives alone, plagued by guilt and sorrow over the death in the bombing of her father, who was her only living relative. One day, a young man, Masa, visits her library to study and find the morgue of the atomic bombing. Mitsue and the young man find themselves attracted to each other, but Mitsue fears that her grief for her father will not permit her to be happy. When she tries to break things off with Masa, she is visited by the ghost of her father, who encourages her to embrace life and pursue her budding romance with the young man.

Cast

Awards

References
  1. 父と暮せば (2004). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928154256/http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~yamaji/prize/prizelist.html. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120219003015/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/2004/. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. allcinema. "2004 Blue Ribbon Awards on allcinema". Allcinema.net. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. 第26回ヨコハマ映画祭　日本映画ベスト 10. homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227195045/http://www.medianet.co.jp/eizo/chichitokuraseba/index.html. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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