The Face of Another (他人の顔 - Tanin no Kao) (1966)

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Directed by

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Starring (View all)

Tatsuya Nakadai
Mr. Okuyama

Mikijiro Hira
Psychiatrist

Kyôko Kishida
Nurse

Miki Irie
Girl with Scar

Eiji Okada
The Boss

Minoru Chiaki
Apartment Superintendent

Hideo Kanze
Male Patient

Kunie Tanaka
Patient at Mental Hospital

Written by

Kobo Abe
(screenplay)

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

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