The Naked Island
裸の島 (original)
Director Kaneto Shindo’s documentary-like, dialogue-free portrayal of daily struggle is a work of stunning visual beauty and invention. The international breakthrough for one of Japan’s most innovative filmmakers—who went on to make other unique masterworks such as Onibaba and Kuroneko—The Naked Island follows a family whose home is on a tiny, remote island in the Japanese archipelago. They must row a great distance to another shore, collect water from a well in buckets, and row back to their island—a nearly backbreaking task essential for the survival of these people and their land. Featuring a phenomenal modernist score by Hikaru Hayashi, this is a truly hypnotic experience, with a rhythm unlike that of any other film.
Starring Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinji Tanaka, Masanori Horimoto
Watch "The Naked Island" from streaming services Google Play, Criterion Channel, Amazon and several more released in 1960. It's a drama and family movie, and has a rating of 8.1 out of 10 from Imdb which is very high for this kind of movie.
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