Face (2000 film) explained

Face
Director:Junji Sakamoto
Starring:Naomi Fujiyama
Etsushi Toyokawa
Kōichi Satō
Music:Yasuhiro Kobayashi
Runtime:123 minutes
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

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

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Sullen and withdrawn "ugly" elder sister Masako toils endlessly with mending chores in her widowed mother's dry cleaning shop, seething with hatred for her flashy younger sister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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=24 . ja:第24回 日本アカデミー賞 . 2009-11-07. Japan Academy Prize. ja.
  2. Web site: http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/2000/ . ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー . 2009-11-07 . Cinema Hochi . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20081022221141/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/2000/ . 2008-10-22 . dead .
  3. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/22-2000/22-2000_shou.html . ja:第22回ヨコハマ映画祭 2000年日本映画個人賞 . 2009-11-07 . . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20120928063552/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/22-2000/22-2000_shou.html . 2012-09-28 . dead .