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.
Billiken
The main hero of this film is the spirit of the once very popular wooden statuette called Billiken. It's a small god with a pointed head, a fat belly and a characteristic smile. When the casket in which the statuette was found is broken, the spirit of Billiken is free. After that he tries to fulfill the wishes of all those who had prayed to him, but it doesn't always works.
Top Billed Cast
杉本哲太 Billiken
Ryûtarô Gan Ekage
山口智子 Tsukino
岸部一徳 
泉谷しげる 
南方英二 
國村隼 
原田芳雄
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