Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
Kamigami no fukaki yokubô
173 min
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.
- Release date
- November 22, 1968
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Toshirō Mayuzumi
Where to watch
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Criterion Channel
Trailer
Cast
- Rentarō Mikuni as Nekichi Futori
- Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Kametaro Futori
- Kazuo Kitamura as Kariya
- Hideko Okiyama as Toriko Futori
- Yasuko Matsui as Uma Futori
- Yoshi Katô as Ritsugen Ryu
- Hōsei Komatsu as Shimajiri
- Chikako Hosokawa as Mrs. Azuma
- Jun Hamamura as Tokusato
- Taiji Tonoyama as Higa
- Yasuhiko Ishizu as Tsuchimochi
- Kazuhiko Hasegawa as Young Man
- Izumi Hara as Unari Ryu
- Tatsu Nakamura as Uto Sato
- Kanjūrō Arashi as Yamamori Futor
- Rentarō Mikuni as the chained son
- Chōichirō Kawarasaki as the backward son
- Hideko Okiyama as the retarded daughter
- Kanjūrō Arashi as the patriarch
- Yasuko Matsui as the priestess daughter
- Kazuo Kitamura as Engineer
Crew
- Shōhei Imamura · Director
- Keiji Hasebe · Writer
- Shōhei Imamura · Writer
- Masanori Yamanoi · Producer
- Toshirō Mayuzumi · Composer
- Masao Tochizawa · Cinematographer
- Mutsuo Tanji · Editor
- Takeshi Ômura · Production designer