Tanin no kao

The Face of Another (他人の顔, Tanin no kao) is a 1966 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and based on the novel of the same name written by Kōbō Abe. The story follows a businessman, Okuyama, who is facially scarred in a laboratory fire and is given new face in the form of a lifelike mask. Okuyama's face was disfigured in an industrial accident, and his face is completely covered in burns; he wears bandages to obscure them. He visits Dr. ... more

The Face of Another (他人の顔, Tanin no kao) is a 1966 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and based on the novel of the same name written by Kōbō Abe. The story follows a businessman, Okuyama, who is facially scarred in a laboratory fire and is given new face in the form of a lifelike mask. Okuyama's face was disfigured in an industrial accident, and his face is completely covered in burns; he wears bandages to obscure them. He visits Dr. Hira, a psychiatrist who is able to fashion a "mask" for Okuyama to wear which is indistinguishable from the face on which it is modeled. Hira and Okuyama pay a man 10,000 yen to serve as the model for the mask, and the mask is built and fitted onto Okuyama. Hira cautions Okuyama that the mask may change his behavior and personality so much that he will cease to be the same person that he was. Hira believes that this disassociation with his identity will cause Okuyama to lose his sense of morality if he is not careful. Okuyama tells no one... less