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.
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Mr. Okuyama
Mikijiro Hira
Dr. Hori
Machiko Kyō
Mrs. Okuyama
Kyôko Kishida
Nurse
Eiji Okada
The Boss
Miki Irie
Scarred Girl
Kakuya Saeki
Elder Brother of Scarred Girl
Minoru Chiaki
Apartment Superintendent
Etsuko Ichihara
Yoko
Hisashi Igawa
Man with Mole
Hideo Kanze
Male Patient
Kunie Tanaka
Mentally Ill Man #1
Sen Yano
Mentally Ill Man #2
Eiko Muramatsu
Secretary
Yoshie Minami
Old Lady
Bibari Maeda
Singer in Bar
Robert Dunham
Man in the Bar
Toru Takemitsu
Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)
Mie Anso
Female Patient
Itomi Rei
Stabbed Woman
Yuriko Abe
Doctor's Wife
Shinobu Itomi
Unknown
Crew
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Director
Kōbō Abe
Screenplay, Novel
Yoshi Sugihara
Editor
Hiroshi Segawa
Director of Photography
Isao Fujisawa
Assistant Director
Nobuyo Horiba
Producer
Tadashi Ôno
Producer
Kiichi Ichikawa
Producer
Masao Yamazaki
Production Design, Art Direction
Tamiko Moriya
Costume Design
Shigenosuke Okuyama
Sound Designer
Mitsuo Kume
Lighting Director
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Kenichirô Yamamoto
Set Decoration
Arata Isozaki
Art Direction
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