by Hal Erickson
synopsis
The titular island in this Japanese domestic drama is an agrarian flyspeck, almost completely cut off from contact with the mainland. Here the island's residents mechanically go through their everyday farming tasks. The film concentrates on a family of five, content with their existence despite its hardships. When the oldest son dies, it is the first of many devastating blows that nearly rip the family asunder. Originally titled Hadaka No Shima, the film was also released as Naked Island.
characteristics
- Poverty
- Peasant
- Slice-of-life
- Survival
- Survivor
- Craziness
- Island
- Death
- Dead
- Deprivation
- Dying
- Family
- Farm
- Japan
- Struggle
