The Naked Island [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Kaneto Shindo Kaneto Shindo

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/17/2016
UPC:	0715515176910
Original Release:	1960
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00
Sales rank:	13,674

Special Features

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

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Nobuko Otowa	Toyo
Taiji Tonoyama	Senta
Shinji Tanaka	Taro
Masanori Horimoto	Jiro
Hikaru Hayashi	Composer

Technical Credits

Kaneto Shindo

Eisaku Matsura	Producer
Kaneto Shindo	Director,Producer,Screenwriter