The Island Movie Review 1961

Poetic examination of a peasant family's daily struggle for existence on a small island. No dialogue in this slow but absorbing work by one of Japan's master directors.

Distribution

Discount Video Tapes, Inc./Hollywood's Attic, PO Box 7122, Burbank, CA 91510, Phone: (818)843-3366, Toll-free: 800-253-9612, Fax: (818)843-3821, Email: wwwjr@hollywoodsattic.com, URL: http://www.hollywoodsattic.com/blackart.htm

Available on VHS
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Survival, Family Ties, Silent Films, Pacific Islands

Cast

Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinji Tanaka, Masanori Horimoto

Director

Kaneto Shindo