JAPAN · 1966

The Face of Another

Hiroshi Teshigahara
Japanese New Wave identity and self appearance and perception psychological transformation alienation and isolation duality of human nature
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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.

Year1966
CountryJapan
DirectorHiroshi Teshigahara
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