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A staggering work of existential science fiction, The Face of Another dissects identity with the sure hand of a surgeon. Okuyama (Yojimbo's Tatsuya Nakadai), after being burned and disfigured in an industrial accident and estranged from his family and friends, agrees to his psychiatrist's radical experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger. As Okuyama is thus further alienated from the world around him, he finds himself giving in to his darker temptations. With unforgettable imagery, Teshigahara's film explores both the limits and freedom in acquiring a new persona, and questions the notion of individuality itself.
Original Release
07/15/1966
US Release
06/09/1967
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tatsuya Nakadai | Mr. Okuyama |
Mikijiro Hira | Psychiatrist |
Kyoko Kishida | Nurse |
Miki Irie | Girl with Scar |
Eiji Okada | The Boss |
Minoru Chiaki | Apartment Superintendent |
Hideo Kanze | Male Patient |
Kunie Tanaka | Patient at Mental Hospital |
Etsuko Ichihara | Yo-Yo Girl |
Eiko Muramatsu | Secretary |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tatsuya Nakadai | Mr. Okuyama |
Mikijiro Hira | Psychiatrist |
Kyoko Kishida | Nurse |
Miki Irie | Girl with Scar |
Eiji Okada | The Boss |
Minoru Chiaki | Apartment Superintendent |
Hideo Kanze | Male Patient |
Kunie Tanaka | Patient at Mental Hospital |
Etsuko Ichihara | Yo-Yo Girl |
Eiko Muramatsu | Secretary |
Yoshie Minami | Old Lady |
Hisashi Igawa | Man with Mole |
Kakuya Saeki | Elder Brother of Girl with Scar |
Sen Yano | Mentally Ill Man A |
Bibari Maeda | Singer in Bar |
Machiko Kyô | Mrs. Okuyama |
Shinobu Itomi | |
Robert Dunham | Man in the Bar / Foreign man in Bar |
Tôru Takemitsu | Man Smoking in Bar |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nobuyo Horiba | Producer |
Kiichi Ichikawa | Producer |
Tadashi Ôno | Producer |