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PROFOUND DESIRES OF THE GODS

神々の深き欲望

By Shohei IMAMURA

NIKKATSU CORPORATION - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 1968

Shohei Imamura boldly depicts primitive customs and religious beliefs that meet the incarnation of capitalism and civilized society. In a flourishing film with lavish color, Kanjuro Arashi plays the father of the protagonist, winning him the best supporting actor's award at the Mainichi Film Concour

- Year of production
- 1968
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- JAPAN
- Languages
- JAPANESE
- Duration
- 175 mn
- Director(s)
- Shohei IMAMURA
- Cast
- Rentaro MIKUNI, Choichiro KAWARASAKI
- Synopsis
- On the primitive tropical island of Kurage lives an interbred family, the Futoris. Incestuous activities are considered sacrilegious on the island; the family is ostracized and labeled as 'beasts' for breaking island customs. In order to appease the Gods, Nekichi (Rentaro Mikuni), one of the sons, is chained to a rock and ordered to dig a hole that will bury the rock. When an engineer from the mainland arrives on the island for water resource research, 'harmony' is broken.
  
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