The Naked Island (1960)
- Original title
- 裸の島
- Directed by
- Kaneto Shindō
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 145 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A poor family lives on a tiny island and spends every day hauling water to their crops by hand. The film shows their hard work and quiet struggle against the unforgiving landscape.
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What happens
The Naked Island (Japanese: 裸の島, romanized: Hadaka no Shima) is a Japanese black-and-white film from 1960, directed by Kaneto Shindō. The film is notable for having almost no spoken dialogue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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