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JAPAN · 1966
The Face of Another
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Synopsis
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.
Cinematic DNA
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, among the most revered contemporary Japanese horror filmmakers, has referred to The Face of Another as 'the Japanese masterpiece that changed my life.'
The Face of Another is 'the Japanese masterpiece that changed my life.'
This Film Influenced
→ Memories of Murder (2003)
More from Hiroshi Teshigahara
Japan · Japanese New Wave
Films with Similar Themes
identity and self · appearance and perception · psychological transformation · alienation and isolation · duality of human nature
