The Face of Another

Name: The Face of Another
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Released: 1966

Hiroshi Teshigahara

identity and self appearance and perception psychological transformation alienation and isolation duality of human nature

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Synopsis

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.

Cinema Atlas Connection

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, among the most revered contemporary Japanese horror filmmakers, has referred to The Face of Another as 'the Japanese masterpiece that changed my life.'

The Face of Another is 'the Japanese masterpiece that changed my life.'

— Kiyoshi Kurosawa · Criterion Collection essay: The Face of Another: The Face of Horror by Chuck Stephens

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