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Tanin no kao : The face of another /

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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 himse...

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Corporate Authors: Janus Films, Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Sogetsu Foundation (Firm), Teshigahara Purodakushon, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Teshigahara, Hiroshi, Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993, Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-, Hira, Mikijiro, Kishida, Kyōko, 1930-2006, Irie, Miki, Okada, Eiji, 1920-1995, Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999, Kanze, Hideo, 1927-2007, Tanaka, Kunie, Ichihara, Etsuko, 1936-, Muramatsu, Eiko, 1938-, Minami, Yoshie, Kyo, Machiko, 1924-
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2007
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 395.
Subjects:
Burns and scalds > Drama.
Face > Surgery > Drama.
Identity (Psychology) > Drama.
Abe, Kōbō, > 1924-1993 > Film adaptations.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Feature films.
Melodrama.
Experimental films.
Film adaptations.
Melodrama > Feature.
Experimental > Feature.
Adaptation > Feature.
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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.
Item Description:DVD release of the 1966 motion picture.
Story from the novel by Kobo Abe.
One of three films in the set: Pitfall, Woman in the dunes, The face of another: three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara.
Special features: video essay by critic James Quandt ; theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital; mono.; NTSC.
Awards:Winner of the Special Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival; Academy Award nominee for Best Director & Best Foreign Film.
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Hiroshi Segawa ; art directors, Arata Isozaki, Masao Yamazaki ; editor, Yoshi Sughihara ; original music, Toru Takemitsu.
ISBN:1934121436 (disc)
9781934121436 (disc)
1934121673 (set)
9781934121672 (set)