Movie

The Soba Man (1963)

Name: The Soba Man
Released: 1963-01-01
Duration: 26 min
Cast: Jo Anne Miya, James Jamison, Andria Williams, Ron Waller

January 1, 1963
26m

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Overview

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.