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The Face of Another( 1966)

TV-MADramaScience Fiction
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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

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      Tatsuya Nakadai

      Mr. Okuyama

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      Mikijiro Hira

      Dr. Hori

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      Machiko Kyō

      Mrs. Okuyama

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      Kyôko Kishida

      Nurse

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      Eiji Okada

      The Boss

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      Miki Irie

      Scarred Girl

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      Kakuya Saeki

      Elder Brother of Scarred Girl

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      Minoru Chiaki

      Apartment Superintendent

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      Etsuko Ichihara

      Yoko

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      Hisashi Igawa

      Man with Mole

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      Hideo Kanze

      Male Patient

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      Kunie Tanaka

      Mentally Ill Man #1

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      Sen Yano

      Mentally Ill Man #2

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      Eiko Muramatsu

      Secretary

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      Yoshie Minami

      Old Lady

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      Bibari Maeda

      Singer in Bar

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      Robert Dunham

      Man in the Bar

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      Toru Takemitsu

      Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)

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      Mie Anso

      Female Patient

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      Itomi Rei

      Stabbed Woman

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      Yuriko Abe

      Doctor's Wife

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      Shinobu Itomi

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    A review by badelf

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    Written by badelf on Sat Jan 13 2024
    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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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • japan
    • based on novel or book
    • identity crisis
    • black and white
    • japanese new wave