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