The Face of Jizo (film)
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| name = The Face of Jizo
| image = Chichi to Kuraseba DVD cover.jpg
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| caption = The Face of Jizo
| director = Kazuo Kuroki
| producer =
| writer = Hisashi Inoue
| based_on = {{based on|The Face of Jizo|Hisashi Inoue}}
| starring = Rie Miyazawa
Yoshio Harada
Tadanobu Asano
| music =
| cinematography = Tatsuo Suzuki
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2004|07|31}}
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
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{{Nihongo|The Face of Jizo|父と暮せば|Chichi to Kuraseba}} is a 2004 Japanese war drama film directed by Kazuo Kuroki and starring Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada and Tadanobu Asano.{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=320300|script-title=ja:父と暮せば (2004)|accessdate= 8 July 2014|work= allcinema|publisher= Stingray|language= Japanese}} It is based on the play of the same name by Hisashi Inoue. It was the 3rd and final film of Kazuo Kuroki's War Requiem trilogy, following Tomorrow (1988) and A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2002)
The story follows a young woman, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and her attempts to forge a relationship with a young man while mourning the death of her father in the atomic bombing.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinenouveau.com/sakuhin/kuroki2017/kuroki2017.html|title=没後十年黒木和雄映画祭 Kazuo Kuroki Film Festival|publisher=シネマヌオーボ|accessdate=27 December 2020}}
Plot
Three years after the atomic bombing, young librarian Mitsue lives alone, plagued by guilt and sorrow over the death in the bombing of her father, who was her only living relative. One day, a young man, Masa, visits her library to study and find the morgue of the atomic bombing.{{clarify|date=July 2015}} Mitsue and the young man find themselves attracted to each other, but Mitsue fears that her grief for her father will not permit her to be happy. When she tries to break things off with Masa, she is visited by the ghost of her father, who encourages her to embrace life and pursue her budding romance with the young man.
Cast
- Rie Miyazawa as "Mitsue Fukuyoshi", a young lady.
- Yoshio Harada as "Takezo Fukuyoshi", a ghost of Mitsue's father.
- Tadanobu Asano as "Masa Kinoshita", a young man.
Awards
- 2004, 28th Yamaji Fumiko Film Award to Kazuo Kuroki and 18th Yamaji Fumiko Actress Award to Rie Miyazawa by Yamaji Fumiko Cultural Foundation{{cite web|url=http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~yamaji/prize/prizelist.html |accessdate=July 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928154256/http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~yamaji/prize/prizelist.html |archivedate=September 28, 2011 |title=財団法人 山路ふみ子文化財団｜過去の受賞者一覧 }}
- 2004 Nikkan Sports Film Award - Best Director to Kazuo Kuroki
- 2004 Hochi Film Award - Best Supporting Actor to Yoshio Harada
- 2004 Asahi Best Film Festival - 2nd Prize of Japanese Film
- 2004 Kinema Junpo - Best Actress to Rie Miyazawa
- 2004 Kinema Junpo - 4th Prize of Japanese Film
- 2004 Mainichi Film Award - Best Director to Kazuo Kuroki
- 2004, 47th Blue Ribbon Awards - Best Actress to Rie Miyazawa{{cite web|url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/2004/ |accessdate=July 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219003015/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/2004/ |archivedate=February 19, 2012 |title=シネマ報知 | ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー }}{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/awardmain.php?num_a=1398|title=2004 Blue Ribbon Awards on allcinema|author=allcinema|publisher=Allcinema.net|accessdate=21 November 2014}}
- 2004 Japanese Film Pen Club Award - 1st Prize of Japanese Film
- 2005 Yokohama Film Festival - Special Prize to Kazuo Kuroki; 6th best film{{cite web|url= http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/26-2004/26_2004_best10.html|script-title= ja:第26回ヨコハマ映画祭 日本映画ベスト 10|accessdate= 8 July 2014|work= homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai|language= Japanese|archive-date= 1 March 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160301183636/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/26-2004/26_2004_best10.html|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.medianet.co.jp/eizo/chichitokuraseba/index.html |accessdate=July 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227195045/http://www.medianet.co.jp/eizo/chichitokuraseba/index.html |archivedate=February 27, 2012 |title=テレビ東京メディアネット :::父と暮らせば::: }}
References
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{{Kazuo Kuroki}}
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Category:2000s war drama films
Category:Films about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Category:Japanese films based on plays
Category:Films directed by Kazuo Kuroki
Category:Films set in the 1940s
Category:Films set in Hiroshima
Category:Films shot in Hiroshima
Category:Japanese war drama films