Kasane (2018)

Kasane: Directed by Yûichi Satô. With Tao Tsuchiya, Kyôko Yoshine, Tadanobu Asano, Macaulay Callard. An ugly but talented actress gains the power to copy the bodies of beautiful actresses temporarily. But how long can she maintain the facade?

“I quite randomly watched this film on a flight to Japan, but was very glad I decided to watch it as in all it was fun and held my attention right to the end.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe plot is about two aspiring actresses, one with beauty but not much in the way of talent, and the other scarred across her face but with an abundance of acting skill. Luckily (or perhaps not) the scarred one has a tube of magic lipstick given to her by her actress mother which allows her to borrow another womanu0026#39;s appearance temporarily, and using her talent and the beautiful actressu0026#39;s looks she quickly becomes a famous star.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThereu0026#39;s one rather large plot device which is slightly unbelievable (yes, not just the lipstick), but in general itu0026#39;s a thoroughly enjoyable film all the way through.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe real stars here are the two real life actresses who have to play multiple u0026quot;layersu0026quot; of roles, sometimes playing a woman playing another woman playing another woman. At no point did I wonder who was who.”