Face (2000 film)

Face (顔, Kao) is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto. At the 24th Japan Academy Prize, it won one award, and received four other nominations.

Face
Japanese film poster.
Directed byJunji Sakamoto
Written byJunji Sakamoto
Isamu Uno
StarringNaomi Fujiyama
Michiyo Okusu
Music byYasuhiro Kobayashi
Release date
  • 12 September 2000 (2000-09-12)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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Sullen and withdrawn "ugly" elder sister Masako toils endlessly with mending chores in her widowed mother's dry cleaning shop, seething with hatred for her flashy younger sister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.

Cast

Awards and nominations

24th Japan Academy Prize.[1]

25th Hochi Film Award[2]

22nd Yokohama Film Festival[3]

References
  1. 第24回 日本アカデミー賞 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  2. 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  3. 第２２回ヨコハマ映画祭 ２０００年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2009-11-07.


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