Ayano Go's Three-Hour Burn Makeup for Film 'mentor' Stuns Fans
The reveal centers on the physical transformation of Ayano Go, whose unrecognizable appearance in three hours of special makeup has drawn strong social media reactions ahead of the film's October release.
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The film 'mentor', opening October 16, 2026, unveiled a new visual of Ayano Go as Nomoto, a man scarred by a fire that took his family. The burn makeup took three hours to apply, using a silicone cast of his face in five pieces. Social media reactions include 'Too eerie' and 'For a second, I thought it was someone else.'
The new visual for 'mentor' shows Ayano Go as Nomoto behind rain-speckled glass, his gaze fixed on a single point. The burn scars run from above his left ear down to his neck, created from a clay mold of his face cast in silicone and applied in five separate pieces. Special makeup also covers both hands visible under his long sleeves, suggesting the 15 years Nomoto has lived with this appearance.
The gray-streaked messy hair under his cap was reportedly Ayano's own idea. On social media, viewers wrote 'His eyes are so captivating they give me chills,' 'Isn't this too scary?', and 'Quiet but with immense pressure.'
The film, written and directed by Yoshida Keisuke, depicts the distorted reunion of two young men, Ryunosuke and Takumi, with Nomoto, who lost everything in a fire they accidentally caused.
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