The Face of Jizo (film)

The Face of Jizo
The Face of Jizo
Directed byKazuo Kuroki
Written byHisashi Inoue
Based onThe Face of Jizo
by Hisashi Inoue
StarringRie Miyazawa
Yoshio Harada
Tadanobu Asano
CinematographyTatsuo Suzuki
Release date
  • July 31, 2004 (2004-07-31)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ 父と暮せば (2004). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. ^ "没後十年黒木和雄映画祭 Kazuo Kuroki Film Festival". シネマヌオーボ. Retrieved 27 December 2020.