The Soba Man (1963)
Black and white UCLA student film, preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A Japanese folktale of the "Soba Man" and a demon without a face blends into the present when Mirico attends a party for her white boyfriend. Japanese-American Mirico is made into an object of fascination to Dom's white friends at a party, unsettling her. She meets Chuck, the host of the party and learns that she resembles a past lover. Mirico shares eerie similarities with the lover and the girl in The "Soba Man" folktale.
- Date of release
- 1963-01-01
- Runtime
- 26m
- Director
- Donald Wrye
Casting
- Jo Anne Miya — Mirico
- James Jamison — Dom
- Andria Williams — Anne
- Ron Waller — Chuck
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