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The Naked Island (1960)
Hadaka no shima (original title)

94 min  -  Drama   -  10 September 1962 (USA)
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Deals with the intolerably hard life of a family of four, the only inhabitants of a very small Japanese island in the Setonaikai archipelago... See full summary »

Director:

Kaneto Shindô
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Cast

Cast overview:
Nobuko Otowa Nobuko Otowa ...
Toyo, the mother
Taiji Tonoyama Taiji Tonoyama ...
Senta, the father
Shinji Tanaka Shinji Tanaka ...
Tarô - the elder son
Masanori Horimoto Masanori Horimoto ...
Jirô - the younger son
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Storyline

Deals with the intolerably hard life of a family of four, 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. Written by Michael Jurich <jurich@rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de>  

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Plot Keywords:

Island | Water | Face Slap | Fish | Fishing  | See more »

Genres:

Drama

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Country:

Japan

Language:

None

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Also Known As:

A kopár sziget See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kindai Eiga Kyokai See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

'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." See more »

Connections

Referenced in 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995) See more »