The Skin of the South (1952)

Original title

南国の肌

Directed by

Ishirō Honda

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A drama set in a southern Japanese region. It follows characters navigating personal relationships and societal expectations.

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What happens

Nangoku no hada (南国の肌) (lit. 'The Skin of the South') is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Ishirō Honda. The film is based on the story "Virginal Land of Flowers" by Seito Fukuda. The film crew includes Akira Watanabe as art director, Kentaro Kondo as lightning technician, sound recordist Yoshio Nishikawa and director of photography Kiyoe Kawamura. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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