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The Face of Jizo / Chichi to kuraseba (2004)
Drama
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.
Starring: Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Kazuo Kuroki
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Tags: Kazuo Kuroki, Rie Miyazawa, Tadanobu Asano, Yoshio Harada
Posted on March 17, 2013 | Comments Off on Utsukushii natsu kirishima (2002) BluRay RE x264 720p DD2.0-HDS
Utsukushii natsu kirishima / A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2002)
Drama
Japan in the painful aftermath of World War II. The film centres on 15-year-old Yasuo and the adults around him as they go through their usual routines during this unusual time. Yasuo feels guilty for surviving when so many of his classmates were killed. He witnessed the death of his best friend during the bombing and the memory of it tortures him. The others, too, have their own crosses to bear. Meanwhile, a poor widow and a wounded soldier meet surreptitiously, a beautiful wife bids farewell to her first lover, and a maidservant marries a veteran who has returned home without his leg. So many lives, so many loves… Yasuo is gradually losing control of himself…
Starring: Tasuku Emoto, Yoshio Harada, Tokie Hidari, Wakaba Irie, Eri Ishida, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masahiro Kômoto
Director: Kazuo Kuroki
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Tags: Eri Ishida, Kazuo Kuroki, Masahiro Kômoto, Tasuku Emoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Tokie Hidari, Wakaba Irie, Yoshio Harada
