Profound Desires of the Gods ( Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo ) ( Kuragejima - Legends from a Southern Island )

Profound Desires of the Gods (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo
Alternate Title: Kuragejima - Legends from a Southern Island
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Japanese ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
173 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1968 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Shôhei Imamura

Written By:
Keiji Hasebe
Shôhei Imamura

Actors:
Rentarô Mikuni ..... Nekichi Futori, the chained son
Choichiro Kawarazaki ..... Kametaro Futori, the backward son
Kazuo Kitamura ..... Engineer Kariya
Hideko Okiyama ..... Toriko Futori, the retarded daughter
Yoshi Katô ..... Ritsugen Ryu
Yasuko Matsui ..... Uma Futori, the priestess daughter
Kanjuro Arashi ..... Yamamori Futori, the patriarch
Jun Hamamura ..... Unari Ryu
Sen Hara
Chikako Hosokawa
Hôsei Komatsu
Chikage Ogi
Taiji Tonoyama

Synopsis:

The culmination of Shohei Imamura's extraordinary examinations of the fringes of Japanese society throughout the 1960s, Profound Desires of the Godswas an 18-month super-production which failed to make an impression at the time of its release, but has since risen in stature to become one of the most legendary albeit least seen Japanese films of recent decades. Presenting a vast chronicle of life on the remote Kurage Island, the film centres on the disgraced, superstitious, interbred Futori family and the Tokyo engineer sent to supervise the creation of a new well an encounter which leads to both conflict and complicity in strange and powerful ways. A tragic view of a passing epoch that teeters on the edge of grotesque farce, Imamura's merciless gaze combines with spectacular colour 'Scope photography to create a mythic saga convulsing with earthly impulses.

The Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island to drill a well to provide water for the sugar mill. He is assisted on the island by Kametaro, from the inbred Futori family. Nekichi Futori is chained in a pit that he has to dig, in order to appease the gods for breaking island customs. Nekichi is in love with his sister Uma, who is a shaman priestess at the sacred shrine, that contains the only good water close to the mill. She is also the mistress of Ryu, the manager of the mill. The patriarch of the Futori family tries to get the engineer to marry his retarded daughter Toriko.

Shohei Imamura's epic production was of little acclaim when first released and has since grown to become legendary in Japanese cinema. Profound Desires Of The Gods chronicles the tale of the Futori Family and an engineer, a powerful encounter in both strange and powerful ways.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 August, 2010.

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