Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.
Acting
Naomi Fujiyama's devastating stillness, every micro-expression cuts
Direction
Sakamoto lets scenes breathe past comfort into transcendence
Writing
Conversations that feel improvised, lived-in, accidentally profound
Director
Junji Sakamoto
Naomi Fujiyama
Masako Yoshimura
Koichi Sato
Akira Ikeda
Etsushi Toyokawa
Hiroyuki Nakagami
Michiyo Yasuda
Ritsuko Nakagami
Jun Kunimura
Kenta Kariyama
Riho Makise
Yukari Yoshimura
Misako Watanabe
Mrs. Yoshimura
Nakamura Kanzaburo
Toshirô Yamamoto
Ittoku Kishibe
Eiichi Hanada
Shungicu Uchida
Coffee Shop Woman
Ai Saotome
Sakiko Kariyama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title refers to 'mentsu' — face/social standing — which Masako destroys then rebuilds through underground Japan's outcasts.
Naomi Fujiyama was a complete unknown discovered in a bar; Sakamoto cast her after one conversation. Absolutely unhinged gamble that paid off.
JP
