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The Face of Another

The Face of Another

1966 · 122 min · JA · NR · 7.8 (300 votes)
Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara · Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Mikijiro Hira, Machiko Kyō, Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Okada, Miki Irie · Music Tōru Takemitsu

“It’s always lonely being free.”

DramaScience Fiction

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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A chillingly detached exploration of self. The film's cool, clinical gaze and unsettling premise create a profound sense of unease, questioning the very nature of who we are beneath the surface.

existentialunsettlingmelancholicdisorientingslow-burnJapanese New Wavearthousepsychologicalphilosophicalidentityalienationperceptiondehumanization
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