S A P H i R E . . .

PRESENTS: FACE (2000)

MOViE iNFORMATiON

[ THEATRE DATE....: 8/12/2000
[ RELEASE DATE....: 1/4/2006
[ STORE DATE......: 10/4/2005
[ GENRE...........: Drama
[ RATiNG..........: 7.1/10 (73 votes)
[ NO. SCREENiNGS..: ???

[ RUNTiME.........: 123 Minutes
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[ ASPECT RATiO....: 1.82:1
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[ AVi SiZE........: 700 MB * 717,776 KB * 735,002,624 B
[ SUBTiTLES.......: EN

M O V i E   S U M M A R Y

Junji Sakamoto spins this tale of a socially inept yet indomitable woman
searching for freedom and self-respect. Set in Kobe at the beginning of 1995,
the film introduces Masako (Naomi Fujiyama), a withdrawn, middle-aged woman
living above her mother's dry cleaning shop. She rarely leaves the house and
is often tormented by her pretty younger sister. After their mother suddenly
dies, the sisters' sibling rivalry takes a rather nasty turn. Immediately
after the funeral, Masako strangles her sister in an explosion of rage and
humiliation. Just as she stumbles into life on the run, the Kobe earthquake
strikes. Terrified that the disaster is some divine retribution for her crime,
she flees willy-nilly to Osaka, where, after losing her virginity to a rape,
she finds shelter and eventually employment at a "love hotel." When the owner
of that establishment hangs himself to escape a mountain of bad debt, Masako
flees to Beppu on the southern island of Kyushu. There she falls in love with
a down-and-out salesman and finds camaraderie with a world-weary bar owner.
In spite of the constant air of violence and the occasional rape, Masako
blossoms in her new surroundings until her past -- and the police -- start to
catch up with her. This film was screened at the 2000 Toronto Film Festival.

Director ..........  Junji Sakamoto

Naomi Fujiyama ....  Masako
Etsushi Toyokawa ..  Hiroyuki
Michiyo Ookusu ....  Ritsuko
Koichi Sato .......  Ikeda

M O R E  i N FO R M A T i O N

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256127/
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DVD REVIEW: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=19399

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