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The Naked Island

Original title: Hadaka no shima
  • 19601960
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
5.6K
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The Naked Island (1960)
  • Drama
A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
IMDb RATING
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5.6K
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  • Director
    • Kaneto Shindô
  • Writer
    • Kaneto Shindô
  • Stars
    • Nobuko Otowa
    • Taiji Tonoyama
    • Shinji Tanaka
Top credits
  • Director
    • Kaneto Shindô
  • Writer
    • Kaneto Shindô
  • Stars
    • Nobuko Otowa
    • Taiji Tonoyama
    • Shinji Tanaka
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 36User reviews
    • 48Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Nobuko Otowa and Taiji Tonoyama in The Naked Island (1960)
    Nobuko Otowa in The Naked Island (1960)
    Taiji Tonoyama in The Naked Island (1960)
    Nobuko Otowa and Taiji Tonoyama in The Naked Island (1960)
    Masanori Horimoto, Nobuko Otowa, Shinji Tanaka, and Taiji Tonoyama in The Naked Island (1960)
    Nobuko Otowa in The Naked Island (1960)
    Taiji Tonoyama in The Naked Island (1960)
    Nobuko Otowa and Taiji Tonoyama in The Naked Island (1960)
    The Naked Island (1960)
    Nobuko Otowa in The Naked Island (1960)
    Taiji Tonoyama in The Naked Island (1960)
    Nobuko Otowa and Taiji Tonoyama in The Naked Island (1960)

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    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
    • Director
      • Kaneto Shindô
    • Writer
      • Kaneto Shindô
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    Storyline

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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."
    • Connections
      Referenced in Century of Cinema: Nihon eiga no hyaku nen (1995)

    User reviews36

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    Top review
    9/10
    Join the happy few
    Amazing! Let me join the happy few who saw this film when it first came out. It was in Paris. I was a student. It was L'Ile Nu I think. And I have never forgotten it and never seen it again. That's over 40 years ago! And now it is coming out on DVD and most people will never have heard of it. So my dear golden oldies who were young in 1961, rejoice and tell everyone. This is pure cinema with no frills, worthy of comparison with Dreyer, Bresson and O'Flaherty and a lovely companion piece to Shindo's ONIBABA. That onibaba grass stayed with us over the years as did that naked island. Talking of films lost but not forgotten, I can draw a comparison with MERE JEANNE DES ANGES (same subject matter as Ken Russell's THE DEVILS)which I saw in Leipzig in about 1962 and which I have never seen since. What a coincidence! That Polish film (MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS)is also coming out on DVD. Real poetic cinema is trickling through the mishmash.
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    • j-hoyles
    • Jul 17, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 10, 1962 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • The Island
    • Filming locations
      • Island of Sukune in Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Toho Company
      • Kindai Eiga Kyokai
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,673
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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