Chichi to kuraseba = Live with father / The Face of Jizo
Barcode: 58947244
Call Number: V-JPN 019
Material Type: Video -DVD
Time: 99 min.
Date: 2004
System Requirements: PAL, Region 2
DVD Region: Region 2
Language: Japanese
Creator: Directed by Kazuo Kuroki
Description: Based on the play by Inoue Hisashi, Chichi to Kuraseba (English title: The Face of Jizo) conveys a message close to director Kazuo Kuroki's heart. Set in Hiroshima around 1948, the film dramatizes the traumatic lives of bombing survivors living in postwar Japan, focusing its narrative on the close relationship between a loving father and his devoted daughter. When we first meet Mitsue (Rie Miyazawa from Twilight Samurai and Peony Pavillion), she's making her way home during a turbulent thunderstorm. Strangely, she becomes deathly afraid at the onset of such an everyday occurrence. But why? It turns out that her fear is connected to the fact that she survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Thankfully, she can take comfort in the fact that she lives with her father Takezo (Yoshio Harada from 9 Souls and Azumi), in their partially repaired house. From the get-go, it's clear that her dad isn't just an ordinary father, but a counselor, a mentor, and a true friend. With most of her family and friends dead, Takezo is the only person to whom she can reveal her inner thoughts. As great as this sounds, there's just one problem, her father died in the bombing, too!
Collection: Language Resource Center