The Profound Desire of the Gods Kamigami no fukaki yokubo

Shohei Imamura / Japan / 1968 / 175 min / Japanese

The pristine tropical island is still dominated by ancient tribal customs and pagan worship rituals. One day, Kariya, an engineer from Tokyo, arrives to drill a well for a sugar factory. While working, he meets the Futoris, an eccentric family who are shunned by most of the locals. He is seduced by the younger daughter Uma, a local shaman who is in an incestuous relationship with her brother Nekichi. The latter, chained to a rock, is digging a sacred cave to appease the gods...

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