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Director: Junji Sakamoto
Genre: Psychological Drama, Drama
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Summary:
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 Set in Kobe at the beginning of 1995, the film introduces Masako (Naomi Fujiyama), a withdrawn, middle-aged woman living above her mother's dry cleaning shop.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 siste... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Naomi Fujiyama - (Masako)
Etsushi Toyokawa
Jun Kunimura
Kankuro Nakamura
Ittoku Kishibe
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Review:
Junji Sakamoto's extraordinary character study Face is subtle, poignant, and even during its blackest moments, funny. Masako's character seems cut from the same cloth as the women in Shohei Imamura's works: stubborn, amoral, instinctive, and indomita ... Continue >>

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