The Face of Another

THE FACE OF ANOTHER
TANIN NO KAO
Japan
1966
124 Min
Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese
DIR Hiroshi Teshigahara
SCR Kôbô Abe
DP Hiroshi Segawa
CAST Tatsuya Nakadai, Machiko Kyô, Mikijiro Hira, Kishida, Miki Irie, Eiji Okada, Minoru Chiaki
ED Yoshi Sugihara
MUSIC Tôru Takemitsu
SOUND Junosuke Okuyama
My Rating : 4/5


The movie gave me an impression that too many ideas were being crammed into the two hours and somehow the movie lost its charm towards the end. But nevertheless, the movie has its merits and maybe Teshigahara was the only person who could have attempted to do justice to this complex plot. There are times when you are fascinated by the visuals, the caustic humour, the facial expressions and the intriguing dialogue between the characters but unfortunately all these good points seem to have their limitations in the medium of cinema and you can almost feel that Teshigahara desperately tries to do justice to the story but falls short in the end.