Face Of Another DVD 5060000400861

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After an industrial accident, an engineer, unable to cope with his badly burnt face, sees a psychiatrist who reluctantly agrees to make him a prosthetic mask, but wearing it changes his personality… A complex and surreal study of personal and cultural identity. Japanese sci-fi horror film based on the 1964 novel The Face Of Another by Kôbô Abe, who also adapted it for the screenplay. Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Machiko Kyô, Kyôko Kishida, Mikijirô Hira and Miki Irie. Music by Tôru Takemitsu. Cinematography by Hiroshi Segawa. Edited by Yoshi Sugihara. Production design and art direction by Masao Yamazaki. Produced and directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara. (1966)