The Face of Another (film)
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| Kanji | 他人の顔 |
| Revised Hepburn | Tanín no kao |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Screenplay by | Kōbō Abe |
| Based on | The Face of Another by Kōbō Abe |
| Produced by | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
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| Cinematography | Hiroshi Segawa |
| Edited by | Yoshi Sugihara |
| Music by | Toru Takemitsu |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Face of Another (Japanese: 他人の顔, Hepburn: Tanín no Kao) is a 1966 Japanese New Wave film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and based on the 1964 novel of the same name written by Kōbō Abe. The story follows engineer Okuyama, who suffers severe facial burns in a work-related accident and is given a new face in the form of a lifelike mask.