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The Naked Island is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Kaneto Shindō released in USA on 10 september 1962 with Nobuko Otowa
The Naked Island (1960)
Hadaka no shima
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 10 september 1962
Length 1h34
Directed by Kaneto Shindō
OriginJapon
Genres Drama
Rating79%
The Naked Island (Japanese: 裸の島 Hadaka no shima) is a 1960 Japanese art film directed by Kaneto Shindō. The film was made in black-and-white, and is notable for having no spoken dialogue.
Synopsis
The film depicts a small family, a husband and wife and two sons, struggling to get by on a tiny island in the Seto Inland Sea, over the course of a year. They are the island's only occupants, and survive by farming. They must repeatedly carry the water for their plants and themselves in a row boat from a neighboring island.Actors
Nobuko Otowa
(Toyo)
Taiji Tonoyama
(Senta)
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