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The Naked Island ()

Hadaka no shima (original title)
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A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins.
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Toyo, the mother
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Senta, the father
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Tarô - the elder son
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Jirô - the younger son
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Masako Chiba

Directed by

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Kaneto Shindô

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Kaneto Shindô ... ()

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Eisaku Matsuura ... producer
Kaneto Shindô ... producer

Music by

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Hikaru Hayashi

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Kiyomi Kuroda

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Toshio Enoki

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Shuko Kikuchi ... assistant editor
Mitsuyo Yosoda ... assistant editor

Production Management

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Kazuo Kuwahara ... executive in charge of production
Mihoko Yoshino ... production manager

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Mitsunori Kanaoka ... assistant director
Takahisa Katsume ... assistant director

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Kunie Maruyama ... sound

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Matsuo Ôno ... visual effects

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Ryusaku Kobayashi ... lighting technician
Koji Maeda ... assistant camera
Shunichi Nagai ... gaffer
Mitsuo Nakagawa ... assistant camera
Ryûzô Nomura ... lighting technician (as Ryuzo Nomura)
Junichi Usuda ... assistant camera

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Miyuki Mori ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Shizuka Hanayasu ... publicist

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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

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Also Known As
  • 裸の島（1960） (Japan, Japanese title)
  • The Naked Island (United States)
  • The Island (United States)
  • Naked Island (World-wide, English title)
  • The Naked Island (Ireland, English title)
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  • 96 min
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Did You Know?

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