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The Face of Jizo(2004)
Status: Released
Date: 2004-07-31
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9 Votes
Time: 1h 39m
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
NIHON SKY WAY
Nikkatsu Studio
Movie: The Face of Jizo
Top 3 Billed Cast
宮沢りえ
Mitsue Fukuyoshi
原田芳雄
Takezou Fukuyoshi
浅野忠信
Mr. Kinoshita
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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.
Release Date
2004-07-31
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7
Rating:
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