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Face

2000 · 123 min

A quiet, unsettling journey of a woman reinventing herself after a violent act, finding unexpected kindness amid loneliness.

Tagline
Losing face. Finding soul.
Overview
Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
  • guilt
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, crime, comedy
Directed by
Junji Sakamoto
Written by
Junji Sakamoto, Isamu Uno
Starring
Naomi Fujiyama, Koichi Sato, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michiyo Yasuda, Jun Kunimura, Riho Makise, Misako Watanabe, Nakamura Kanzaburo
Music
coba
Cinematography
Norimichi Kasamatsu
Runtime
123 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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