The Profound Desire of the Gods: Tales From a Southern Island
1968, NR, 150 min. Directed by Shohei Imamura. Starring Rentaro Mikuni, Choichiro Kawarazaki.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Thu., Dec. 2, 1999
From the AFS calendar: “Imperative Imamura. Cinephile extraordinaire Betrand Tavernier lists The Profound Desire of the Gods as one of his three favorite Japanese films, Cahiers du Cinema as Imamura’s masterpiece, and Jonathan Demme as one of the 10 greatest films in the history of cinema.” The film has a hotly debated ending and a powerful and sensual depiction of the conflict between the primitive and the modern.
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The Profound Desire of the Gods: Tales From a Southern Island, Shohei Imamura, Rentaro Mikuni, Choichiro Kawarazaki
