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The Face of Another

1966 · 122 min

A cold, philosophical plunge into identity and alienation, unsettling and visually striking, demanding patience and reflection.

Tagline
It’s always lonely being free.
Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • deception
  • madness
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour1
Realism5
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity9
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, science fiction
Directed by
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Written by
Kōbō Abe
Starring
Tatsuya Nakadai, Mikijiro Hira, Machiko Kyō, Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Okada, Miki Irie, Kakuya Saeki, Minoru Chiaki
Music
Tōru Takemitsu
Cinematography
Hiroshi Segawa
Runtime
122 min
Country
Japan
Languages
German, Japanese

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