The Face of Jizo
Chichi to kuraseba
Japan
2004
99 Min
Color
Japanese
Synopsis
The story goes with the conversations between a daughter, a survivor of the atomic bombing and her father’s ghost like a rapid-fire two-man act in attractive Hiroshima dialect. But, it is also the daughter’s anguish to be acquitted from the fact that she survived but her father couldn’t.
Director
Kazuo Kuroki
Born in 1930 in Matsuzaka, Mie Prefecture. Joined Iwanami Productions in 1954 as an assistant director, soon becoming a director from 1957 of many documentaries including Hokkaido, My Love (screened at YIDFF ’93). Started his independent career in 1962. Made his first feature, Silence Has No Wings in 1965. Regarded as one of the most prominent filmmakers of the Art Theater Guild in the 1970s, with such masterpieces as The Assassination of Ryoma (1974) and Warming Up for the Festival (1975) earning critical acclaim. After Roningai (1990), Kuroki returned to critical acclaim with his new film Pickpocket in 2000. Currently making his next film, Kirishima 1945. —YIDFF
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