The Face of Jizo (film screening)
November 6 @ 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm EST
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The Face of Jizo
父と暮せば
Thursday, November 6, 6:00PM (ET)
Doors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall
Directed by KUROKI Kazuo • 2004 • Drama, War • 99 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles
© EISEI GEKIJO, BANDAI VISUAL, NIHON SKY WAY, TV TOKYO MEDIANET, AOI PROMOTION, PAL ENTERTAINMENTS PRODUCTION
In Hiroshima in 1948, memories of the atomic bombing three years earlier are still fresh in the minds of the people. Mitsue (MIYAZAWA Rie) works at a library where she meets Mr. Kinoshita (ASANO Tadanobu), a shy, young man researching the disaster. They grow close, and Mr. Kinoshita eventually asks for her hand in marriage. However, Mitsue is troubled by her memories of the bombing when she was unable to save her father, Takezo (HARADA Yoshio), and her closest friends as well as the many others who lost their lives. She doubts whether she deserves to have survived. Then the spirit of her father appears before her, and asserts that she should be happy. Watching over her budding romance with Mr. Kinoshita, Takezo cajoles and encourages Mitsue into opening her heart again.
The third in veteran director KUROKI Kazuo’s trilogy of films (Tomorrow, Kirishima 1945) set in wartime Japan.
The Face of Jizo is presented in conjunction with our ongoing exhibition Hiroshima Appeals.
Free admission. Registration Required.
This event is now fully booked and registration is closed. We will have a rush line before the event to release available seats on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding.
