Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinji Tanaka, Masanori Horimoto
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... read more 
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magnificent cinematography and the film is nearly without dialogue. between swaying boats on the water and the hypnotic music it lulled me to sleep a couple times. still well worth watching
The guy that directed Onibaba made this! I can't believe how disappointing this was. Onibaba pwns hundreds of horror movies, and this movie I found degrading. Maybe I need to see it again? Because a lot of other people found it amusing, so maybe I'm going insane faster than I tho... read more
Graceful goodbyes are said, then life moves on. The characters' urge for survival wins out, even if you're left shattered. Full Review
'The Island/Hadaka no shima' could be depressing were it not for stark poetry of conception and realization by cinematographer Kiyomi Kuroda. Full Review
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