Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
Why tonight?
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- mask
- japan
- dual identity
- based on novel or book
- identity crisis
- black and white
- japanese new wave
- experimental surgery
- science experiment
The bill
- 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
- Directed
- Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Written
- Kōbō Abe
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 286 ratings
- Studio
- Teshigahara Productions, Tokyo Eiga
If this stayed with you
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