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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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The Great White Tower (1966)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.