The Face of Another (1966)
Tanin no kao
It’s always lonely being free.
124 min
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to question his identity.
- Release date
- July 15, 1966
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Tôru Takemitsu
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Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Mr. Okuyama
- Mikijirô Hira as Psychiatrist
- Machiko Kyô as Mrs. Okuyama
- Kyôko Kishida as Nurse
- Eiji Okada as The Boss
- Miki Irie as Girl with Scar
- Kakuya Saeki as Elder Brother of Scarred Girl
- Minoru Chiaki as Apartment Superintendent
- Etsuko Ichihara as Yo-Yo Girl
- Hisashi Igawa as Man with Mole
- Hideo Kanze as Male Patient
- Kunie Tanaka as Patient at Mental Hospital
- Sen Yano as Mentally Ill Man #2
- Eiko Muramatsu as Secretary
- Yoshie Minami as Old Lady
- Bibari Maeda as Singer in Bar
- Robert Dunham as Man in the Bar
- Tôru Takemitsu as Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)
- Yuriko Abe as Doctor's Wife
- Shinji Kubo as Pickup artist
Crew
- Hiroshi Teshigahara · Director
- Kôbô Abe · Writer
- Nobuyo Horiba · Producer
- Kiichi Ichikawa · Producer
- Tadashi Ôno · Producer
- Tôru Takemitsu · Composer
- Hiroshi Segawa · Cinematographer
- Yoshi Sugihara · Editor
- Masao Yamazaki · Production designer