
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.

Mr. Okuyama

Dr. Hori

Mrs. Okuyama

Nurse

The Boss

Scarred Girl
Elder Brother of Scarred Girl

Apartment Superintendent

Yoko
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.
Status Released
Original LanguageJapanese
Budget-
Revenue -