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Profound Desires of the Gods

1968 · 173 min

A long, sweltering immersion into an insular island world, oppressive and mythic, rewarding patience with raw, uncomfortable human drama.

Directed by
Shōhei Imamura
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rentaro Mikuni, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Kazuo Kitamura
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Shōhei Imamura
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rentaro Mikuni, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Kazuo Kitamura
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • exploration
  • power
  • nature
Places
  • wilderness
  • sea
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Shōhei Imamura
Written by
Keiji Hasebe, Shōhei Imamura
Starring
Rentaro Mikuni, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Kazuo Kitamura, Hideko Okiyama, Yasuko Matsui, Yoshi Katō, Hōsei Komatsu, Chikako Hosokawa
Music
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Cinematography
Masao Tochizawa
Runtime
173 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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