THE NAKED ISLAND

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• Release Year: 1960
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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 such other marvelous movies as Onibaba and Kuroneko The Naked Island follows a family whose home is on a tiny, remote island off the coast of Japan. 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.; ; DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES ; - New, high-definition digital restoration; - Video introduction by director Kaneto Shindo, recorded for a 2011 retrospective of his work ; - Audio commentary recorded in 2000, featuring Shindo and composer Hikaru Hayashi; - New appreciation of the film by actor Benicio Del Toro; - New interview with film scholar Akira Mizuta Lippit ; - Trailer; - New English subtitle translation; - PLUS: An essay by film scholar Haden Guest
• Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinji Tanaka, Masanori Horimoto, Kaneto Shindô, Matsuura Eisaku, Kiyomi Kuroda, Toshio Enoki, Hikaru Hayashi, Kunie Maruyama
• Director: Kaneto Shindô
• Runtime: 1:36
• Company: Toho Company, Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie