The Face of Another
“It’s always lonely being free.”
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.
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Cast
23 people
Tatsuya Nakadai
Mr. Okuyama
Known for
Ran
Harakiri
Mikijiro Hira
Dr. Hori
Known for
Sword of the Beast
Three Outlaw Samurai
Machiko Kyō
Mrs. Okuyama
Known for
Rashomon
Ugetsu
Kyôko Kishida
Nurse
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
A Thousand and One Nights
Eiji Okada
The Boss
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Miki Irie
Scarred Girl
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Ako
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Kakuya Saeki
Elder Brother of Scarred Girl
Also in
Heroic Purgatory
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Minoru Chiaki
Apartment Superintendent
Known for
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Etsuko Ichihara
Yoko
Known for
Your Name.
Sweet Bean
Hisashi Igawa
Man with Mole
Known for
Ran
Pitfall
Hideo Kanze
Male Patient
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
Pitfall
Kunie Tanaka
Mentally Ill Man #1
Known for
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Hiroshi Teshigahara Director · Kōbō Abe Screenplay Tōru Takemitsu Composer
United States release June 9, 1967 · Produced in Japan · Languages German, Japanese
Production
Teshigahara Productions
Production
Tokyo Eiga
Production
Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
他人の顔
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
German · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 15, 1966
Theatrical
United States · June 9, 1967
Theatrical
Greece
August 21, 2008 · Theatrical · Re-release
Taiwan
January 4, 2026 · Premiere · TFAI - Love, Death & Rebels: The Japanese New Wave
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