880-02 Nakadai Tatsuya, Hira Mikijirō, Kishida Kyōko , Irie Miki , Okada Eiji, Chiaki Minoru, Kanze Hideo, Tanaka Kunie, Ichihara Etsuko, Muramatsu Eiko, Minami Yoshie, Kyō Machiko. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966. Story from the novel by Kobo Abe. Issued in set Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara which includes Pitfall, Woman in the dunes, The face of another. Special features: video essay by critic James Quandt (26 min.) ; theatrical trailer (4 min.).
Summary:
Okuyama, after being burned and disfigured in an industrial accident and estranged from his family and friends, agrees to his psychiatrist's radical experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger. As Okuyama is thus further alienated from the world around him, he finds himself giving in to his darker temptations.
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