The Mask and Destiny (1955)

Original title

Shuzenji monogatari

Directed by

Noboru Nakamura

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A film set in historical Japan about a man whose face is disfigured by illness. He hides his features behind a mask, leading to complicated feelings with those around him, including his wife and a famous warrior.

melancholicslow-burncontemplativeemotionally restrainedatmosphericstylizedtragicclassicaldignified

What happens

«Повесть о храме Сюдзэндзи» (яп. 修禅寺物語, сюдзэндзи моногатари; другое русское название «Маска и судьба»; англ. A Tale of Shuzenji / The Mask and Destiny) — японский фильм, поставленный режиссёром Нобору Накамурой в 1955 году. Костюмная драма по произведению Кидо Окамото. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.