Profound Desires of the Gods

Profound Desires of the Gods

1968 · 173 min · JA · 7.5 (54 votes)
Dir. Shōhei Imamura · Starring Rentaro Mikuni, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Kazuo Kitamura, Hideko Okiyama, Yasuko Matsui, Yoshi Katō · Music Toshirō Mayuzumi
Drama

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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A stark, dreamlike immersion into a primal world clashing with encroaching modernity. It feels ancient and alien, a ritualistic descent into raw desires and the brutal realities of exploitation, leaving a haunting, disquieting impression.

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