The Naked Island (Criterion Collection)
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DVD Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 17, 2016
- Originally Released: 1960
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Taiji Tonoyama, Nobuko Otowa, Shinji Tanaka & Masanori Horimoto | |
Directed by | Kaneto Shindo | |
Screenwriting by | Kaneto Shindo | |
Composition by | Hikaru Hayashi | |
Director of Photography: | Kiyomi Kuroda |
Entertainment Reviews:
It is a monumental study in the mute determination, unfaltering dignity and monastic strength of the human being's day to day battle with life.
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Shin Nichibei/New Japanese American News
The Naked Island borders on kitsch. Still, once seen it is not easily forgotten-the myth of Sisyphus transposed to Tahiti.
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Village Voice
Rating: 5/5 --
Graceful goodbyes are said, then life moves on. The characters' urge for survival wins out, even if you're left shattered.
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Time Out
Rating: 3/4 --
Once its rhythms are set and we get to know the characters through their actions and interactions, The Naked Island develops a surprisingly strong narrative and emotional allure
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Q Network Film Desk
'The Island/Hadaka no shima' could be depressing were it not for stark poetry of conception and realization by cinematographer Kiyomi Kuroda.
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Product Description:
The titular island in this Japanese domestic drama is an agrarian flyspeck, almost completely cut off from contact with the mainland. Here the island's residents mechanically go through their everyday farming tasks. The film concentrates on a family of five, content with their existence despite its hardships. When the oldest son dies, it is the first of many devastating blows that nearly rip the family asunder. Originally titled HADAKA NO SHIMA, the film was also released as NAKED ISLAND.
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- Sales Rank: 55,124
- UPC: 715515177016
- Shipping Weight: 0.27/lbs (approx)
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