1968 · drama · japanese
Profound Desires of the Gods
Directed by Shōhei Imamura2h 53m1968
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.
Our read: Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · japanese entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / japanese, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- inventive
- signature
Watching Profound Desires of the Gods tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
?
Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
More info & search links
How Profound Desires of the Gods feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want Imamura's earthy epic of myth, incest, modernity and island desire.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if long runtime, explicit sex, animal harm and taboo themes disturb you.
Eight films that feel like this one.
Closest in the twelve-axis space, not “people also liked”. All films like Profound Desires of the Gods, with why →
Discussion
Make it a movie night.
Pick a mood, get a film the whole couch will enjoy, and give everyone something to watch for.
Pick tonight's film →