2 Movies Starring Kazuo Kitamura

Profound Desires of the Gods

Profound Desires of the Gods

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-07-22

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

173 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (765 Reviews)

Director:

Shèhei Imamura

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

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.

Black Rain

Black Rain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-09-17

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(2042 Reviews)

Director:

Shèhei Imamura

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Masuji Ibuse (novel)

Shèhei Imamura

Toshirè Ishidè

Fullplot:

Mr and Mrs Shizuma, and their niece Yasuko, make their way through the ruins of Hiroshima, just after the atomic bomb has dropped. Five years later, Yasuko is living with her aunt and uncle, and her senile grandmother, in a village containing many of the bomb survivors. Yasuko does not appear to be affected by the bomb, but the Shizuma's are worried about her marriage prospects, as she could succumb to radiation sickness at any time.

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