Movie
Profound Desires of the Gods
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1968-11-22
- Runtime
- 173 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Nikkatsu Corporation
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Rentaro Mikuni as Nekichi Futori
- Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Kametaro Futori
- Kazuo Kitamura as Kariya
- Hideko Okiyama as Toriko Futori
- Yasuko Matsui as Uma Futori
- Yoshi Katō as Ryugen Ryu
- Hōsei Komatsu as Shimajiri
- Chikako Hosokawa as Mrs. Azuma
- Chikage Oogi as Mrs. Kariya
- Jun Hamamura as Tokusato
- Taiji Tonoyama as Higa
- Susumu Mizushima as Fumoto
Crew
- Shōhei Imamura - Director
- Keiji Hasebe - Screenplay
- Shōhei Imamura - Screenplay
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