Kaori MOMOI

Faces Of A Fig Tree

Ichijiku no kao

Nippon Cinema   ª 

The Kadowaki family live in a suburban house in Tokyo. After the father dies mysteriously, his wife Maasa loses her grip on reality. Slowly the whole world turns into an obscure place where reality is only a kind of delusion in this fascinating and confusing film.

Ichijiku no kao

Japan 2006

93 minutes

Director
Kaori MOMOI

Script
Kaori MOMOI

Cinematography
Shinji KUGIMIYA

Music
Gilad Benamram, Kaz UTSUNOMIYA

About Kaori MOMOI

Kaori MOMOI, born 1952 in Tokio, used to work actress and had been in front of a camera for 35 years until she debuted as director with FACES OF A FIG TREE. She is one of the most famous celebrities in Japan and starred in the film MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA.

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