The Face of Another (1966)

NR07/15/1966Drama, Science Fiction2h 2m
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Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Tatsuya Nakadai

    Mr. Okuyama

  2. Cast 1

    Mikijiro Hira

    Dr. Hori

  3. Cast 1

    Machiko Kyō

    Mrs. Okuyama

  4. Cast 1

    Kyôko Kishida

    Nurse

  5. Cast 1

    Eiji Okada

    The Boss

  6. Cast 1

    Miki Irie

    Scarred Girl

  7. Kakuya Saeki

    Elder Brother of Scarred Girl

  8. Cast 1

    Minoru Chiaki

    Apartment Superintendent

  9. Cast 1

    Etsuko Ichihara

    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 

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