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The Face of Another
The Face of Another
8.5
/10
2,074 Ratings

THE FACE OF ANOTHER

他人の顔 | Tanin no kao

Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Japan, 1966
Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis

In this staggering work of existential science fiction, Okuyama (Tatsuya Nakadai), after being burned and disfigured in an industrial accident and estranged from his family and friends, agrees to his psychiatrist’s radical new experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger.

Synopsis

In this staggering work of existential science fiction, Okuyama (Tatsuya Nakadai), after being burned and disfigured in an industrial accident and estranged from his family and friends, agrees to his psychiatrist’s radical new experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger.