A plastics scientist loses his face in an accident and proceeds to obtain a new face for himself. With a new 'mask', 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 hibakusha woman who has suffered burns to the right side of her face. In the novel, the protagonist sees this character in a film; in the film version, this is deliberately obscured.

Movie rating: 7.9 / 10 (9591)

Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara - Kobo Abe

Writer credits: Kôbô Abe

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai - Mikijiro Hira - Kyôko Kishida - Miki Irie - Eiji Okada

AKA: Tanin No Kao, I Have a Stranger's Face, Stranger's Face

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