The Face of Jizo

2004 | 99 minutes | 6.7 ★ (6)

The Face of Jizo
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    31 July 2004

  • DirectingKazuo Kuroki
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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