Profound Desires of The Gods

Name: Profound Desires of The Gods
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970-07-22
Duration: 2 h 53 min
Rating: 7.80
Cast: Kanjûrô Arashi, Hideko Okiyama, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki

– Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori cla..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.80 / 10

Duration:

2 Hours and 53 Minutes

Release Year:

1968

Original Name:

神々の深き欲望

Profound Desires of The Gods — Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) - Also known as 神々の深き欲望

Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.

Producing Country:

Japan

Filming Locations:

Japan

Genre:

Drama

Release Date:

22 Jul 1970

Language:

Japanese

MPAA Content-Rating:

Not Rated

Directed by:

Shôhei Imamura

Story Written By:

Keiji Hasebe, Shôhei Imamura

Main Actors:

Kanjûrô Arashi, Hideko Okiyama, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki

Plot:

The Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island to drill a well to provide water for the sugar mill. He is assisted on the island by Kametaro, from the inbred Futori family. Nekichi Futori is chained in a pit that he has to dig, in order to appease the gods for breaking island customs. Nekichi is in love with his sister Uma, who is a shaman priestess at the sacred shrine, that contains the only good water close to the mill. She is also the mistress of Ryu, the manager of the mill. The patriarch of the Futori family tries to get the engineer to marry his retarded daughter Toriko.

Awards:

5 wins.

Production Company:

Criterion Collection

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.8/10