72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Tanin no kao / The Face of Another

Hiroshi Teshigahara
Japan      122 m.
Synopsis

Convinced that the soul lives in the skin, that his identity has disappeared with the features of his face, disfigured in an accident, a scientist becomes obsessed with the idea of using a mask with the face of another person that he hopes will help him to connect with the world. 

Director
Hiroshi Teshigahara (Japan)
Screenplay
Kobo Abe
Production
Teshigahara Productions (Japan)
Nobuyo Horibe, Kiichi Ichikawa, Tadashi Ono
Toho (Japan)
Tokyo Eiga (Japan)
Photography
Hiroshi Segawa, Mitsuo Kume
Edition
Yoshi Sugihara
Music
Toru Takemitsu
Sound
Shigenosuke Okuyama
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai, Mikijiro Hira, Kyoko Kishida, Machiko Kyo, Miki Irie, Eiji Okada, Hideo Kanze
Assistant Director
Hideo Nagasawa & Yutaka Osawa
Running Time
122 m.
Country
Japan
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