The Face of Another

Watch: The Face of Another

6/9/19672h 2m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ It’s always lonely being free. ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Status:

Released

Language:

Japanese

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

mask
japan
dual identity
based on novel or book
identity crisis
black and white
japanese new wave
experimental surgery
science experiment

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

Kakuya Saeki

~ as ~

Elder Brother of Scarred Girl

Minoru Chiaki

~ as ~

Apartment Superintendent

Etsuko Ichihara

~ as ~

Yoko

Hisashi Igawa

~ as ~

Man with Mole

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Reviews (1)

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badelf
Written 1 year(s) ago
7
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.