The Face of Another (1966)

Original title

他人の顔

Directed by

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Genre

drama film, science fiction film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 284 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An engineer whose face is horribly burned gets a realistic prosthetic mask. He uses his new appearance to explore how identity and human connection change when your face is no longer your own.

existentialuneasycontemplativeclaustrophobicsurrealpsychologically intenseslow-burnalienating

What happens

The Face of Another (Japanese: 他人の顔, Hepburn: Tanín no Kao) is a 1966 Japanese New Wave film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and based on the 1964 novel of the same name written by Kōbō Abe. The story follows engineer Okuyama, who suffers severe facial burns in a work-related accident and is given a new face in the form of a lifelike mask. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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