Drama ·Science Fiction · Japan · 1966 · 2h 2m

The Face of Another

他人の顔

The Face of Another poster
Director
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai as Mr. Okuyama Mikijiro Hira as Dr. Hori Machiko Kyō as Mrs. Okuyama Kyôko Kishida as Nurse Eiji Okada as The Boss Miki Irie as Scarred Girl
Crew
Hiroshi Segawa — Director of Photography Yoshi Sugihara — Editor Toru Takemitsu — Original Music Composer Kōbō Abe — Screenplay Kōbō Abe — Novel Nobuyo Horiba — Producer
Tagline

It’s always lonely being free.

Synopsis

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to question his identity.

Trailer The Face of Another — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
maskjapandual identitybased on novel or bookidentity crisisblack and whitejapanese new waveexperimental surgeryscience experiment
Key Collaborators
Hiroshi Teshigahara Director Hiroshi Segawa Director of Photography Yoshi Sugihara Editor Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer Kōbō Abe Screenplay Kōbō Abe Novel Nobuyo Horiba Producer Kiichi Ichikawa Producer Tadashi Ôno Producer Masao Yamazaki Production Design Tamiko Moriya Costume Design
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