“Losing face. Finding soul.”
Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.
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Naomi Fujiyama
Masako Yoshimura
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Junji Sakamoto Director · Isamu Uno Screenplay coba Composer
First release August 12, 2000 · Produced in Japan · Production Eisei Gekijo, MBS
Production
Shochiku
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Eisei Gekijo
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MBS
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Sedic International
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Kuho
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Eiga Gekijo
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Mainichi Hoso
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Sedic
Production
Japan
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Original title
顔
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 12, 2000
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 8, 2000 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Russia
November 15, 2011 · Limited theatrical · Screening of Japanese films in State Museum of the East (Moscow)
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