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

How it feels

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

somberreflectiveatmosphericslow-pacedmelancholicold-fashionedsubduedblack-and-white

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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