The Face of Another(Movie, 1966)

Name: The Face of Another
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Released: 1966
Duration: T02:4:00
Rating: 3.9

Original title: "他人の顔" (Japanese/JA)

2h 4min | Genres: Drama, Science Fiction

Rating: 3.9/5 (with 100 votes)

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. ()

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About The Face of Another

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

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Trailer for The Face of Another + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 3:13)

Additional Information

Production country: Japan

Based on the work of: Kōbō Abe ("The Face of Another")

Made by: Toho Company, Teshigahara Productions

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 17 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 07/15/1966

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Machiko Kyō, Eiji Okada, Kyōko Kishida, Minoru Chiaki, Hideo Kanze, Kunie Tanaka, Etsuko Ichihara, Hisashi Igawa, Mikijirō Hira

Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara

Producer: Hiroshi Teshigahara

Screenwriter: Kōbō Abe

Composer: Tōru Takemitsu

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Tvář toho druhého"

"La cara de otro"

"Le visage d'un autre"

"Il volto di un altro"

"Tanin no kao"

"타인의 얼굴"

"Het Gezicht van een Ander"

"Twarz innego"

Keywords: identity crisis, based on novel or book, japan, japanese new wave

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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