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Japanese drama from film-maker Kaneto Shindô. Set on a minuscule island almost entirely cut off from the Japanese mainland, the film focuses on a self-sufficient farming family who seem content with the relative hardship of their lives. When the eldest son dies from an illness, however, the tragedy threatens to tear the family apart.

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play. Filmed on the virtually deserted Setonaikai archipelago in south-east Japan, Naked Island was made in the words of its director "as a 'cinematic poem' to try and capture the life of human beings struggling like ants against the forces of nature". Kaneto Shindo, director of Onibaba (MoC #13) and Kuroneko (MoC #14), made the film with his own production company, Kindaï Eiga Kyokai, who were facing financial ruin at the time. Using one-tenth of the average budget, Shindo took one last impassioned risk to make this film. With his small crew, they relocated to an inn on the island of Mihari where, for two months in early 1964, they would make what they considered to be their last film. Actors: Masanori Horimoto, Nobuko Otowa, Shinji Tanaka, Taiji TonoyamaDirectors: Kaneto ShindôWriters: Kaneto ShindôProducers: Kaneto Shindô, Matsuura EisakuFormat: SubtitledLanguage: JapaneseSubtitles: EnglishRegion: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1Number of discs: 1