Face (2000 film)

2000 Japanese film

Face

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Junji Sakamoto
Written by| Junji Sakamoto
Isamu Uno
Starring| Naomi Fujiyama
Etsushi Toyokawa
Kōichi Satō
Music by| Yasuhiro Kobayashi

Release date

* 12 September 2000 (2000-09-12)

Running time

| 123 minutes
Country| Japan
Language| Japanese

Face (Japanese: 顔, Hepburn: Kao) is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto. At the 24th Japan Academy Prize, it won one award and received four other nominations.

## Plot

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Sullen and withdrawn "ugly" elder sister Masako toils endlessly with mending chores in her widowed mother's dry cleaning shop, seething with hatred for her flashy younger sister Yukari, who visits only for free laundry service. When their mother dies, and Yukari persists in her abuse, Masako cracks and strangles her. She flees and takes a number of identities and odd jobs, meeting people as she goes. To her surprise, Masako finds people in general to be kind and helpful (although she's sexually abused more than once), and she blossoms as a person, even to the extent of becoming a popularly liked bar hostess like her murdered sister.

## Cast

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* Naomi Fujiyama
* Etsushi Toyokawa
* Jun Kunimura
* Michiyo Okusu
* Riho Makise
* Shungiku Uchida
* Ai Sotome
* Misako Watanabe
* Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII
* Ittoku Kishibe
* Kōichi Satō

## Awards and nominations

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24th Japan Academy Prize.[1]

* Won: Best Director \- Junji Sakamoto
* Nominated: Best Picture
* Nominated: Best Screenplay \- Junji Sakamoto and Isamu Uno
* Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Michiyo Okusu
* Nominated: Best Music - Yasuhiro Kobayashi

25th Hochi Film Award[2]

* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Actress - Naomi Fujiyama

22nd Yokohama Film Festival[3]

* Won: Best Film
* Won: Best Director - Junji Sakamoto
* Won: Best Screenplay - Junji Sakamoto and Isamu Uno
* Won: Best Actress - Naomi Fujiyama

## References

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1. ^ 第24回 日本アカデミー賞 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
2. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
3. ^ 第２２回ヨコハマ映画祭 ２０００年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2009-11-07.

## External links

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* Face at IMDb

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Films directed by Junji Sakamoto

* Dotsuitarunen (1989)
* Tekken (1990)
* Ōte (1991)
* Tokarefu (1994)
* Face (2000)
* New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (2000)
* KT (2002)
* My House (2003)
* Chameleon (2008)
* Children of the Dark (2008)
* Zatoichi: The Last (2010)
* Strangers in the City (2010)
* Someday (2011)
* Human Trust (2013)

Awards

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Hochi Film Award for Best Film

* The Inugamis (1976)
* The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
* Third Base (1978)
* Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko (1979)
* Kagemusha (1980)
* Enrai (1981)
* Fall Guy (1982)
* The Family Game (1983)
* The Funeral (1984)
* And Then (1985)
* Comic Magazine (1986)
* A Taxing Woman (1987)
* Tomorrow (1988)
* Untamagiru (1989)
* Sakura no Sono (1990)
* My Sons (1991)
* Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
* All Under the Moon (1993)
* A Dedicated Life (1994)
* A Last Note (1995)
* Shall We Dance? (1996)
* Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
* Hana-bi (1998)
* Spellbound (1999)
* Face (2000)
* Go (2001)
* The Twilight Samurai (2002)
* Doing Time (2003)
* Nobody Knows (2004)
* Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)
* Hula Girls (2006)
* I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
* Departures (2008)
* The Unbroken (2009)
* Villain (2010)
* Rebirth (2011)
* Key of Life (2012)
* The Great Passage (2013)
* 0.5 mm (2014)
* Solomon's Perjury (2015)
* Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)
* Wilderness (2017)
* The Blood of Wolves (2018)
* Listen to the Universe (2019)
* The Voice of Sin (2020)
* In the Wake (2021)
* A Man (2022)
* The Moon (2023)
* Faceless (2024)

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Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

* Aru yo no Tonosama (1946)
* Ima Hitotabi no (1947)
* Drunken Angel (1948)
* Late Spring (1949)
* Until We Meet Again (1950)
* Repast (1951)
* Ikiru (1952)
* An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
* Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
* Floating Clouds (1955)
* Mahiru no ankoku (1956)
* The Rice People (1957)
* The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
* Kiku to Isamu (1959)
* Her Brother (1960)
* A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
* Harakiri (1962)
* High and Low (1963)
* Woman in the Dunes (1964)
* Red Beard (1965)
* The Great White Tower (1966)
* Samurai Rebellion (1967)
* The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968)
* Double Suicide (1969)
* Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
* Silence (1971)
* The Long Darkness (1972)
* Tsugaru Folk Song (1973)
* Castle of Sand (1974)
* The Fossil (1975)
* Fumō Chitai (1976)
* The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
* The Incident (1978)
* Nomugi Pass (1979)
* Kagemusha (1980)
* Muddy River (1981)
* Fall Guy (1982)
* Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
* W's Tragedy (1984)
* Ran (1985)
* The Sea and Poison (1986)
* A Taxing Woman (1987)
* My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
* Black Rain (1989)
* Childhood Days (1990)
* My Sons (1991)
* Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
* All Under the Moon (1993)
* A Dedicated Life (1994)
* A Last Note (1995)
* Shall We Dance? (1996)
* Princess Mononoke (1997)
* Begging for Love (1998)
* Poppoya (1999)
* Face (2000)
* Spirited Away (2001)
* The Twilight Samurai (2002)
* Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
* Blood and Bones (2004)
* Break Through! (2005)
* Sway (2006)
* I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
* Departures (2008)
* The Unbroken (2009)
* Villain (2010)
* Postcard (2011)
* A Terminal Trust (2012)
* The Great Passage (2013)
* My Man (2014)
* Three Stories of Love (2015)
* Shin Godzilla (2016)
* Hanagatami (2017)
* Shoplifters (2018)
* Listen to the Universe  (2019)
* Mother (2020)
* Drive My Car (2021)
* Small, Slow But Steady (2022)
* Okiku and the World (2023)

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Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film

1927–1940|

* Ashi ni sawatta onna (1927)
* A Diary of Chuji's Travels (1928)
* Jobless Samurai (1929)
* Beheading Place (1930)
* What Made Her Do It? (1931)
* The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (1932)
* I Was Born, But... (1933)
* Passing Fancy (1934)
* A Story of Floating Weeds (1935)
* Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1936)
* Sisters of the Gion (1937)
* Limitless Advance (1938)
* Five Scouts (1939)
* Earth (1940)

1941–1960|

* Kojima no haru (1941)
* The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1942)
* The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay (1943)
* Morning for the Osone Family (1947)
* A Ball at the Anjo House (1948)
* Drunken Angel (1949)
* Late Spring (1950)
* Until We Meet Again (1951)
* Early Summer (1952)
* Ikiru (1953)
* An Inlet of Muddy Water (1954)
* Twenty-Four Eyes (1955)
* Floating Clouds (1956)
* Darkness at Noon (1957)
* The Rice People (1958)
* The Ballad of Narayama (1959)
* Kiku to Isamu (1960)

1961–1980|

* Her Brother (1961)
* Bad Boys (1962)
* Being Two Isn't Easy (1963)
* The Insect Woman (1964)
* Woman in the Dunes (1965)
* Red Beard (1966)
* The Great White Tower (1967)
* Samurai Rebellion (1968)
* The Profound Desire of the Gods (1969)
* Double Suicide (1970)
* Where Spring Comes Late (1971)
* The Ceremony (1972)
* The Long Darkness (1973)
* Tsugaru Folk Song (1974)
* Sandakan No. 8 (1975)
* Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1976)
* The Youth Killer (1977)
* The Yellow Handkerchief (1978)
* Third Base (1979)
* Vengeance Is Mine (1980)

1981–2000|

* Zigeunerweisen (1981)
* Muddy River (1982)
* Fall Guy (1983)
* The Family Game (1984)
* The Funeral (1985)
* And Then (1986)
* The Sea and Poison (1987)
* A Taxing Woman (1988)
* My Neighbor Totoro (1989)
* Black Rain (1990)
* The Cherry Orchard (1991)
* My Sons (1992)
* Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993)
* All Under the Moon (1994)
* A Dedicated Life (1995)
* A Last Note (1996)
* Shall We Dance? (1997)
* The Eel (1998)
* Fireworks (1998)
* Wait and See (2000)

2001–present|

* Face (2001)
* Go (2002)
* The Twilight Samurai (2003)
* A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2004)
* Nobody Knows (2005)
* Break Through! (2006)
* Hula Girls (2007)
* I Just Didn't Do It (2008)
* Departures (2009)
* Dear Doctor (2010)
* Villain (2011)
* Postcard (2012)
* Our Homeland (2013)
* Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2014)
* The Light Shines Only There (2015)
* Three Stories of Love (2016)
* In This Corner of the World (2017)
* The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2018)
* Shoplifters (2019)
* It Feels So Good (2020)
* Wife of a Spy (2021)
* Drive My Car (2022)
* Small, Slow But Steady (2023)
* Okiku and the World (2024)

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Yokohama Film Festival Award for Best Film

* Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko (1980)
* Zigeunerweisen (1981)
* Something Like It (1982)
* Exchange Students (1983)
* The Family Game (1984)
* Mahjong hōrōki (1985)
* Love Hotel (1986)
* House of Wedlock (1987)
* The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1988)
* Rock yo shizukani nagareyo (1989)
* Dotsuitarunen (1990)
* Sakura no Sono (1991)
* A Scene at the Sea (1992)
* Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993)
* All Under the Moon (1994)
* Tokarefu (1995)
* Love Letter (1996)
* Kids Return (1997)
* Onibi (1998)
* Cure (1999)
* Keiho (2000)
* Face (2001)
* Go (2002)
* Hush! (2003)
* Vibrator (2004)
* Kamikaze Girls (2005)
* Break Through! (2006)
* Sway (2008)
* I Just Didn't Do It (2008)
* Departures (2009)
* Dear Doctor (2010)
* 13 Assassins (2011)
* Someday (2012)
* The Kirishima Thing (2013)
* The Devil's Path (2014)
* The Light Shines Only There (2015)
* Our Little Sister (2016)
* In This Corner of the World (2017)
* The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2018)
* Asako I & II (2019)
* It Feels So Good (2020)
* Labyrinth of Cinema (2021)
* Intolerance (2022)
* Love Is Light (2023)
* Small, Slow But Steady (2024)
* All the Long Nights (2025)

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