Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama). He had somehow learned that she has fallen in love, and tries to convince her to start her new life. But Mitsué obstinately refuses his warm and humorous encouragements : « People were killed in my place. I do not have the right to find happiness », she says.
The Face of Jizo has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Face of Jizo was released in 2004 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 3 reviews, giving The Face of Jizo (2004) an average rating of 80%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 93%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Face of Jizo a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 80%, The Face of Jizo is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2004, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2004 with similar scores include films like Kung Fu Hustle, The Bourne Supremacy and The Sea Inside.
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