The Face of Another
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| 他人の顔 The Face of Another | |
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| Image:Hiroshi Teshigahara - The Face of Another.jpg | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Produced by | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Written by | Kobo Abe |
| Starring | Tatsuya Nakadai Machiko Kyo Eiji Okada Kyoko Kishida Mikijiro Hira Miki Irie |
| Music by | Toru Takemitsu |
| Cinematography | Hiroshi Segawa |
| Editing by | Fusako Shuzui |
| Distributed by | Toho Company, Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | 15 July 1966 |
| Running time | 122 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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The Face of Another (他人の顔) (Tanin no kao) is a novel about face transplants written by the Japanese writer Kobo Abe in 1959. It was made into a movie by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1966.
A plastics scientist loses his face in an accident and proceeds to obtain a new face for himself. With a new face, the protagonist sees the world in a new way and even goes so far as to have a clandestine "affair" with his estranged wife. There is also a subplot following a young woman who has also had a face transplant.
[edit] References
- "Abe Kōbō", Encyclopædia Britannica 2005 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD
