The Face of Another Budget

What is known about the production of The Face of Another?

"The Face of Another," a drama released in 1966, was directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and stars Tatsuya Nakadai, Mikijiro Hira. The production budget has not been publicly disclosed, though Teshigahara Productions, Tokyo Eiga produced the film, making it a notable entry in the drama landscape whose financial details remain private.

Key Budget Allocation Categories

While specific budget breakdowns are not publicly available, typical cost drivers for a drama production like this include:

• Production: One recurring image is the large and small severed ears which appear in the scenery in several scenes. These ears were designed and sculpted by Japanese sculptor Tomio Miki.

What were the major cost factors in The Face of Another?

Several factors contributed to the overall production costs of "The Face of Another."

• Production: Production is one of the primary cost drivers in drama productions of this scale.

Awards and Recognition

2 wins total

Critical Reception

The Face of Another was not well received outside of Japan, with audiences and critics largely feeling that it did not live up to Teshigahara's earlier film The Woman in the Dunes. Although it was successful in Japan, the film was a critical and financial failure internationally. In 2008, film scholar Alexander Jacoby called it "a flawed fantasy" whose interesting theme suffers from the protagonist's "bland characterization."