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The Naked Island
裸の島
Directed by Kaneto Shindo
1960•1h 36m•NR•★ 8.0
Drama
Synopsis
A small family of four lives in solitary subsistence on an arid, roadless island in the Seto Inland Sea, rowing back and forth to the mainland every day to haul heavy wooden buckets of fresh water up steep mountain terraces to irrigate their crops. Kaneto Shindo's dialogue-free visual poem that won the Grand Prix at Moscow scored by Hikaru Hayashi.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorKaneto Shindō
WriterKaneto Shindō
CinematographyKiyomi Kuroda
MusicHikaru Hayashi
Principal Cast
Nobuko OtowaToyo
Taiji TonoyamaSenta
ST
Shinji TanakaTaroMH
Masanori HorimotoJiroTechnical Specifications
Runtime1h 36m (96 mins)
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DirectorKaneto Shindo
LanguagesNo Language
CountryJP
StudioKindai Eiga Kyokai
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