# Face (2000)

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**Original title**: *顔*
**Runtime**: 123 min
**Genres**: Drama, Crime, Comedy
**Directed by**: Junji Sakamoto
**Written by**: Isamu Uno, Junji Sakamoto
**Starring**: Naomi Fujiyama, Koichi Sato, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michiyo Yasuda, Jun Kunimura, Riho Makise

> *Losing face. Finding soul.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

One imagines this film was someone's attempt at a female Taxi Driver. Masako goes on the lam after finally losing it and killing her sister. The result is probably not what they hoped for.

**Mood tags**: gut-punch, outsider

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