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Face is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Junji Sakamoto with Naomi Fujiyama

Face (2000)

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Face
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Length 2h3
Directed by
OriginJapon
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Horror,    Crime
Rating68% 3.4289153.4289153.4289153.4289153.428915

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.

Synopsis

Sullen and withdrawn 'ugly' elder sister Masako toils endlessly with mending chores in her widowed mother's dry cleaning shop, seething with hatred for her flashy younger sister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

Actors

Naomi Fujiyama

(Masako Yoshimura)Michiyo Okusu

(Ritsuko Nakagami)Etsushi Toyokawa

(Hiroyuki Nakagami)Riho Makise

(Yukari Yoshimura)Jun Kunimura

(Kenta Kariyama)
And :
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII
Ittoku Kishibe
Misako Watanabe
Koichi Sato
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