(aka "Tanin no kao" or "I Have a Stranger's Face" or "Stranger's Face" or "The Face of Another")
directed by
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Japan 1966
Following
Woman of the Dunes [Suna no onna]
in 1964, Hiroshi Teshigahara continued
his collaboration with avant-garde novelist/playwright Kobo Abe and experimental
composer Toru Takemitsu for The Face of Another [Tanin no kao]. Starring
Tatsuya Nakadai (Yojimbo, Kagemusha) as a man "buried alive behind eyes without
a face", the film addresses the illusive nature of identity and the agony of its
absence.
A man (Nakadai) facially disfigured in a laboratory fire persuades his doctor to
fashion him a lifelike mask modeled on a complete stranger — totally different
from his own face. Shortly after the mask is made, he successfully seduces his
own wife (Machiko Kyo) but becomes angry at her falling for a handsome stranger.
Worrying about his looks, and the way the mask seems to influence his identity,
he begins to question everything.
Takemitsu's musical score is one of his best, contrasting sweet, sad melodies
with eerie, experimental motifs. Alongside Franju's Les Yeux sans visage [Eyes
Without a Face], Mamoulian's
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Whale's
Frankenstein, and Freund's Mad Love, Teshigahara and Abe's The Face of
Another stands proud as one of cinema's most haunting explorations of
identity.
Excerpt from the Eureka Website
Theatrical Release: July 15th, 1966 - Japan
DVD Review: Eureka (Master of Cinema series # 6) - Region 2 - PAL
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| Runtime | 1:56:52 | |
| Video | 1.33:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: ? mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s |
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| Audio | Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Dolby) | |
| Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Edition Details: • Exclusive
full-length audio commentary by Tony Rayns |
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Image is very strong!
- comparable to "Pitfall",
and also has excellent contrast and
strong black levels
- well-appointed subtitles - Full-length Tony Rayns commentary and
David Toop booklet! This again is HD-sourced and progressive. Great
quality!
Intriguing film
that is another must-own for Japanese cinema fans.
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