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Hiroshi TESHIGAHARA 勅使河原宏

The Face of Another

他人の顔

Nippon Retro   ² 

An accident disfigures Okuyama’s (Tatsuya NAKADAI) face. His psychiatrist makes a realistic-looking mask to give him another chance at life. But his new appearance changes his personality in unsettling ways. Avant-garde director Hiroshi TESHIGAHARA’s dark psychological portrait explores how our appearance shapes our identity.

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Classic Drama Shades of Reality

他人の顔
Tanin no kao

Japan 1966

121 minutes

Director
Hiroshi TESHIGAHARA

Script
Kobo ABE , based on his own novel

Cinematography
Hiroshi SEGAWA

World sales
Toho

Film print
Japan Foundation

Cast
Tatsuya NAKADAI, Machiko KYO, Mikijiro HIRA, Kyoko KISHIDA, Miki IRIE

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