15 Jul 1966
The Face of Another
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.
Kagura Me
A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that caused him to be absent from her mother's death, until they reconnect over the very same dance.
Top Billed Cast
武田梨奈 Akine Kikuchi
大杉漣 Kyoujiro Kikuchi
筒井真理子 Yoko Saito / Yuriko Kikuchi
黒川芽以 Sakura Aihara
森岡龍 Sho Tamura
白須慶子 Taeko Kobayashi
信太昌之 
滝沢涼子 Eriko Hatano
足立智充 Tetsuya Sano
草薙良一 Komaki Akine Kikuchi (young)
朝加真由美 Yoriko Tamura
今井雅之 
上條恒彦 Shigeo Aihara
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