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The Face of Another

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7.8/10 • 248

1966-07-152h 4m

DramaScience Fiction

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

Directors
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Editors
Yoshi Sugihara

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  1. Tatsuya Nakadai

    Tatsuya Nakadai

    Mr. Okuyama

  2. Mikijiro Hira

    Mikijiro Hira

    Dr. Hori

  3. Machiko Kyō

    Machiko Kyō

    Mrs. Okuyama

  4. Kyôko Kishida

    Kyôko Kishida

    Nurse

  5. Eiji Okada

    Eiji Okada

    The Boss

  6. Miki Irie

    Miki Irie

    Scarred Girl

  7. Kakuya Saeki

    Kakuya Saeki

    Elder Brother of Scarred Girl

  8. Minoru Chiaki

    Minoru Chiaki

    Apartment Superintendent

  9. Etsuko Ichihara

    Etsuko Ichihara

    Yoko

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badelf

Jan 13, 2024

7/10

This is difficult because I expected to like this movie much more than I did. There is a lot of creativity in it, starting with the premise itself. The photography and sometimes other-wordly sets also impressed me. What disappointed me was the absence of a communicated clear vision. At the end, I didn't know what I had seen or how I felt about it. I wasn't sure if the story was about mask & identity, or about cultural monster labels and prejudice, or about the aftermath of Nagasaki/Hiroshima bombing, or about love and the lack of it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
japanbased on novel or bookidentity crisisjapanese new wave