A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to question his identity.

Mr. Okuyama

Dr. Hori

Mrs. Okuyama

Nurse

The Boss

Scarred Girl

Apartment Superintendent

Yoko

Man with Mole

Male Patient

Mentally Ill Man #1

Mentally Ill Man #2

Secretary

Old Lady

Singer in Bar

Man in the Bar

Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)
This is difficult because I expected to like this movie much more than I did. There is a lot of creativity in it, starting with the premise itself. The photography and sometimes other-wordly sets also impressed me. What disappointed me was the absence of a communicated clear vision. At the end, I didn't know what I had seen or how I felt about it. I wasn't sure if the story was about mask & identity, or about cultural monster labels and prejudice, or about the aftermath of Nagasaki/Hiroshima bombing, or about love and the lack of it.
July 15, 1966

Mr. Okuyama

Dr. Hori

Mrs. Okuyama

Nurse

The Boss

Scarred Girl

Apartment Superintendent

Yoko

Man with Mole

Male Patient

Mentally Ill Man #1

Mentally Ill Man #2

Secretary

Old Lady

Singer in Bar

Man in the Bar

Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)
This is difficult because I expected to like this movie much more than I did. There is a lot of creativity in it, starting with the premise itself. The photography and sometimes other-wordly sets also impressed me. What disappointed me was the absence of a communicated clear vision. At the end, I didn't know what I had seen or how I felt about it. I wasn't sure if the story was about mask & identity, or about cultural monster labels and prejudice, or about the aftermath of Nagasaki/Hiroshima bombing, or about love and the lack of it.
