The Face of Another | |
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Kanji | 他人の顔 |
Revised Hepburn | Tanín no kao |
Directed by | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
Screenplay by | Kōbō Abe |
Based on | The Face of Another by Kōbō Abe |
Produced by | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Hiroshi Segawa |
Edited by | Yoshi Sugihara |
Music by | Toru Takemitsu |
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Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 121 minutes[1] |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
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.[2][3] 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.