Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
Kamigami no fukaki yokubô (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 2h 53min
- Drama
- 22 Jul 1970 (USA)
- Movie
An engineer from Tokyo arrives on a drought-ridden tropical island to drill a well to power a nearby sugar mill. He meets the inbred Futori family, hated by the locals for breaking religious customs.
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Awards:
- 5 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast
| Rentarô Mikuni | ... |
Nekichi Futori / the chained son
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Chôichirô Kawarasaki | ... |
Kametaro Futori / the backward son
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Hideko Okiyama | ... |
Toriko Futori / the retarded daughter
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| Kanjûrô Arashi | ... |
Yamamori Futor / the patriarch
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Yasuko Matsui | ... |
Uma Futori / the priestess daughter
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| Yoshi Katô | ... |
Ritsugen Ryu
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Izumi Hara | ... |
Unari Ryu
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Kazuo Kitamura | ... |
Kariya / Engineer
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Tatsu Nakamura |
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Susumu Mizushima |
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| Hôsei Komatsu |
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| Chikako Hosokawa |
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Yasuhiko Ishizu |
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Kazuhiko Hasegawa |
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| Taiji Tonoyama |
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Chikage Ôgi |
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Kiyoshi Tokugawa |
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Directed by
| Shôhei Imamura | ||
Written by
| Keiji Hasebe | ... | (writer) |
| Shôhei Imamura | ... | (writer) (as Shohei Imamura) |
Produced by
| Kazuhiko Hasegawa | ... | associate producer |
| Hiroshi Takano | ... | associate producer |
| Masanori Yamanoi | ... | producer |
| Minoru Yamashita | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Toshirô Mayuzumi | ||
Cinematography by
| Masao Tochizawa | ||
Editing by
| Mutsuo Tanji | ||
Editorial Department
| Atsumi Nakahara | ... | assistant editor |
| I. Okayasu | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
| Takeshi Ômura | ||
Makeup Department
| Shigeru Takagi | ... | makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Kazuhiko Hasegawa | ... | assistant director |
| Hirotomo Kuroshima | ... | assistant director |
| Kôji Okamoto | ... | assistant director |
| Kunio Takeshige | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Kenichi Benitani | ... | sound recordist |
| Yoshihiro Igaki | ... | sound recordist |
| Minoru Nobuoka | ... | sound recordist |
| Shôji Suzuki | ... | sound recordist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Akira Itô | ... | lighting technician |
| Yasuo Iwaki | ... | gaffer |
| Shigeru Kawamoto | ... | assistant camera |
| Sadahiro Kimura | ... | lighting technician |
| Masaki Mizuno | ... | assistant camera |
| Katsurô Morishita | ... | lighting technician |
| Yasuyuki Okamoto | ... | assistant camera |
| Yutaka Tsuchiya | ... | still photographer |
| Shigeru Yamada | ... | lighting technician |
Additional Crew
| Don Brown | ... | english subtitle translation |
| Ushiyuki Kamo | ... | title designer |
| Yukio Sekiya | ... | choreographer |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Films sans Frontières (1990) (France) (theatrical)
- Mary-X Distribution (2018) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- ARTE (2021) (Germany) (tv) (internet)
- ARTE (2021) (France) (tv) (internet)
- East West Classics (1988) (United States) (subtitled)
- Eureka Entertainment (2010) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Národní Filmový Archiv (NFA) (Czechia)
- Toho (1970) (United States) (subtitled)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Golden Whisky (cooperation)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
The Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island to drill a well to provide water for the sugar mill. He is assisted on the island by Kametaro, from the inbred Futori family. Nekichi Futori is chained in a pit that he has to dig, in order to appease the gods for breaking island customs. Nekichi is in love with his sister Uma, who is a shaman priestess at the sacred shrine, that contains the only good water close to the mill. She is also the mistress of Ryu, the manager of the mill. The patriarch of the Futori family tries to get the engineer to marry his retarded daughter Toriko. Written by Will Gilbert |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Official submission of Japan for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 42nd Academy Awards in 1970. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Shohei Imamura, le libre penseur (1995). See more » |
| Quotes |
Yamamori Futor:
He shouldn't take money. The engineer is a god who came from beyond the sea. It will not do to take money for serving that god. See more » |