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DESCRIPTION:Legendary actor&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Tatsuya Nakadai&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;vi
 sits Japan Society for a 50th anniversary screening of&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Hiros
 hi Teshigahara&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo\;s existential\, horror-tinged masterpiece. 
 The third of four film collaborations between director Teshigahara\, compo
 ser&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Toru Takemitsu&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;and writer&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;K
 obo Abe&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(who adapted his own best-selling novel for the scr
 een)\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;The Face of Another&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;brilliantly examines theme
 s of identity and alienation through the story of Okuyama\, a young busine
 ssman who is fitted with a lifelike prosthetic mask after an industrial ac
 cident leaves him burned and disfigured. While the new face initially offe
 rs a sense of freedom\, things take a dark turn as Okuyama becomes increas
 ingly paranoid and erratic\, suggesting the mask has taken on a chilling p
 ersonality of its own.&lt;em&gt;\n\n1966\, 124 min.\, 35mm\, b/w\, in Japanese w
 ith English subtitles. Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara. With Tatsuya Nakad
 ai\, Machiko Kyo\, Mikijiro Hira\, Kyoko Kishida\, Eiji Okada.\n\n&lt;/em&gt;Aft
 er the screening\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Nakadai&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;will be joined on 
 stage by&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Yukie Kamiya&lt;/strong&gt;\, Japan Society Gallery Direc
 tor\, for a unique conversation about the significance of masks and noh in
 fluences in&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;The Face of Another&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;and Nakadai&amp;rsquo\;s 
 long-spanning acting career. This event is presented in conjunction with t
 he Japan Society Gallery exhibition&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japansociety
 .org/page/programs/gallery/simon-starling-at-twilight&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Simon S
 tarling: At Twilight (After W.B. Yeats&amp;rsquo\; Noh Reincarnation)&lt;/strong&gt;
 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(Oct. 14\, 2016-Jan. 15\, 2017)\, which explores the impac
 t of noh on art in Western Modernism.\n&lt;strong&gt;Tickets&lt;/strong&gt;\n$15/$12 J
 apan Society&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japansociety.org/page/support/indiv
 idual&quot;&gt;members&lt;/a&gt;\nhttp://www.japansociety.org/event/the-face-of-another
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SUMMARY:The Face of Another 他人の顔 (Tanin no Kao)
URL:/en/events/2016/10/31/the-face-of-another-tanin-no-kao/
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