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The face of another / Janus Films ; Toho ; Sogetsu Foundation ; Teshigahara Productions ; a film by Hiroshi Teshigahara ; director/producer, Hiroshi Teshigahara.
LIBRA DVD 003 381
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 395.
- Criterion collection ; 395
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993--Film adaptations.
- Abe, Kōbō.
- Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993.
- Burns and scalds--Drama.
- Burns and scalds.
- Face--Surgery--Drama.
- Face.
- Identity (Psychology)--Drama.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Face--Surgery.
- Motion pictures, Japanese.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Feature films.
- Experimental films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Tanin no kao
- Title on set container: Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2007.
- Language Note:
- In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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.
- Participant:
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Machiko Kyo, Mikijiro Hira, Kyoko Kishida, Miki Irie, Eiji Okada, Minoru Chiaki, Hideo Kanze, Kunie Tanaka, Bibari Maeda, Etsuko Ichihara, Yoshie Minami.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Hiroshi Segawa ; art directors, Arata Isozaki, Masao Yamazaki ; editor, Yoshi Sughihara ; original music, Toru Takemitsu.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Kobo Abe.
- Title from container and disc sleeve.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
- Set contains three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara.
- Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; video essay on the film by critic and festival programmer James Quandt; theatrical trailer.
- Winner of the Special Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival; Academy Award nominee for Best Director & Best Foreign Film
- ISBN:
- 1934121673
- 9781934121672
- 1934121436
- 9781934121436
- OCLC:
- 156914055
- Publisher Number:
- 715515024624 set
- CC1700D Criterion Collection (set)
- CC1703D Criterion Collection (disc)
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