Naked Island (1960) ( Hadaka no shima )

Naked Island (1960) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Hadaka no shima
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Moscow International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1960 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Kaneto Shindô

Written By:
Kaneto Shindô

Actors:
Nobuko Otowa ..... Toyo, the mother
Taiji Tonoyama ..... Senta, the father
Shinji Tanaka ..... Taro, the elder son
Masanori Horimoto ..... Jiro, the younger son

Synopsis:

Filmed on the virtually deserted Setonaikai archipelago in south-west Japan, The Naked Island [Hadaka no shima] was made - in the words of its director - 'as a 'cinematic poem' to try and capture the life of human beings struggling like ants against the forces of nature'. Kaneto Shindô (Onibaba, Kuroneko) made the film with his own production company, Kindaï Eiga Kyôkai, who were facing financial ruin at the time. Using one-tenth of the average budget, Shindô took one last impassioned risk to make this film. With his small crew, they relocated to an inn on the island of Mihari where, for two months in early 1960, they would make what they considered to be their last film. The Naked Island tells the story of a small family unit and their subsistence as the only inhabitants of an arid, sun-baked island. Daily chores, captured as a series of cyclical events, result in a hypnotising, moving, and beautiful film harkening back to the silent era. With hardly any dialogue, Shindô combines the stark 'Scope cinematography of Kiyoshi Kuroda with the memorable score of his constant collaborator Hikaru Hayashi, to make a unique cinematic document.

The titular island in this Japanese domestic drama is an agrarian flyspeck, almost completely cut off from contact with the mainland. Here the island's residents mechanically go through their everyday farming tasks. The film concentrates on one family, content with their existence despite its hardships. When the oldest son dies, it is the first of many devastating blows that nearly rip the family asunder. Originally titled Hadaka No Shima, the film was also released as Naked Island.

Deals with the intolerably hard life of a family, the only inhabitants of a very small Japanese island in the Setonaikai archipelago. Several times a day they row over to the neighboring island to fetch water for their miserable fields.

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