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.
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
mask
japan
dual identity
based on novel or book
identity crisis
black and white
japanese new wave
experimental surgery
science experiment
Rank
#8 in 1966·#307 overall
Trailer
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Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Mr. Okuyama
Mikijiro Hira
Dr. Hori
Machiko Kyō
Mrs. Okuyama
Kyôko Kishida
Nurse
Eiji Okada
The Boss
Miki Irie
Scarred Girl
Minoru Chiaki
Apartment Superintendent
Etsuko Ichihara
Yoko
Hisashi Igawa
Man with Mole
Hideo Kanze
Male Patient
Kunie Tanaka
Mentally Ill Man #1
Sen Yano
Mentally Ill Man #2
Crew
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Director
Kōbō Abe
Screenplay
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Kōbō Abe
Novel
Popular Reviews
645 reviews
Wehad
10.0★ · 02/19/26
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" you're not the only lonely man , being free always involves being lonely " woahwoahwoah
