The Soba Man
1963, English. Directed by Donald Wrye.
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.
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- 0h 26m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- 1 January 1963
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The Soba Man isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1963. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Soba Man?
The Soba Man (1963) was directed by Donald Wrye and stars Jo Anne Miya, James Jamison, Andria Williams.