The Face of Another
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| Directed by | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Produced by | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Written by | Kobo Abe |
| Starring | Tatsuya Nakadai Machiko Kyō Eiji Okada Kyoko Kishida Mikijiro Hira Miki Irie |
| Music by | Toru Takemitsu |
| Cinematography | Hiroshi Segawa |
| Editing by | Fusako Shuzui |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) |  July 15, 1966 |
| Running time | 122 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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The Face of Another (他人の顔 Tanin no kao?) is a novel about face transplants written by the Japanese writer Kobo Abe in 1959. It was made into a movie by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1966.
[edit] Synopsis
A plastics scientist loses his face in an accident and proceeds to obtain a new face for himself. With a new face, the protagonist sees the world in a new way and even goes so far as to have a clandestine "affair" with his estranged wife. There is also a subplot following a hibakusha woman who has suffered burns to the right side of her face. In the novel, the protagonist sees this character in a film; in the film version, this is deliberately obscured.
[edit] References
- "Abe Kōbō", Encyclopædia Britannica 2005 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD
[edit] External links
- The Face of Another at the Internet Movie Database
- The Face of Another at Strictly Film School
- (Japanese) The Face of Another at the Japanese Movie Database
- The Face of Another at Rotten Tomatoes
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