The Face of Another(他人の顔)
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Japan · 1966
2h 4m
Director Hiroshi Teshigahara
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Machiko Kyō, Mikijiro Hira, Kyōko Kishida
Genre Drama, Science Fiction
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Okuyama, an engineer, has his face severely disfigured during an explosion in an industrial accident. Afterwards, he wears bandages over his face, but he feels physically rejected by his wife, believing that she is repulsed by him. Desperate, he obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask begins to alter his personality.
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