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	{{nihongo\|'''''~~The~~ Profound Desires of the Gods ''''' or '''''Deep Desires of Gods''''' or '''''Kuragejima - Legends from a Southern Island'''''\|神々の深き欲望\|Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubō}} is a 1968 Japanese film by director ]. The culmination of the director's examinations of the fringes of Japanese society throughout the 1960s, the film was an 18-month super-production which failed to make an impression at the time of its release, but has since risen in stature.		{{nihongo\|'''''Profound Desires of the Gods ''''' or '''''Deep Desires of Gods''''' or '''''Kuragejima – Legends from a Southern Island'''''\|神々の深き欲望\|Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubō}} is a 1968 Japanese film by director ]. The culmination of the director's examinations of the fringes of Japanese society throughout the 1960s, the film was an 18-month super-production which failed to make an impression at the time of its release, but has since risen in stature.

	== Plot ==		== Plot ==
	Presenting a vast chronicle of life on the remote Kurage Island, the film centres on the disgraced, superstitious, interbred Futori family and the ] engineer sent to supervise the creation of a new well for ~~the~~ ~~Sugar~~ ~~Mill~~ — an encounter which leads to both conflict and complicity in strange and powerful ways.		Presenting a vast chronicle of life on the remote Kurage Island, the film centres on the disgraced, superstitious, interbred Futori family and the ] engineer sent to supervise the creation of a new well for a sugar mill on the island – an encounter which leads to both conflict and complicity in strange and powerful ways.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=22555&key_search=%E7%A5%9E%E3%80%85%E3%81%AE%E6%B7%B1%E3%81%8D%E6%AC%B2%E6%9C%9B\|title=神々の深き欲望\|publisher=]\|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref>

			==Cast<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://criterioncast.com/column/reflections/profound-desires-of-the-gods-1968\|title=Criterion Reflections - Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) - Hulu\|last=Blakeslee\|first=David\|date=2016-07-04\|website=CriterionCast\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>==
	==Cast==
			*] as Engineer Kariya, a modern-day married man from Tokyo who gets entangled in the Futori family. Kariya is sent to Kurage Island by his boss at the sugar cane corporation to find a water source for a sugar mill on the island. Eventually he is seduced by Toriko.
	* ] as Nekichi Futori, the chained son
	* ] as ~~Kametaro~~ Futori, the ~~backward~~ ~~son~~		*] as Yamamori Futori, the patriarch of the Futori family.
			*] as Nekichi Futori, Yamamori's son conceived through an incestuous relationship between Yamamori and a deceased older sister. He lusts after his sister Uma. Disfavored and condemned, his punishment is being chained in a pit beneath a boulder and tasked to loosen it in order to appease the island gods. Once the boulder is loosened, it can unblock a freshwater stream for the island's rice fields.
	* ] as Engineer Kariya
			*] as Uma Futori, the '']'' (shaman) daughter of Yamamori who works at a nearby sacred shrine with the only source of good water. Uma is in love with her brother Nekichi, but is hesitant to consummate their relationship because she does not want a taboo relationship to make Nekichi even more hated by the other islanders.
	* ] as Toriko Futori, the retarded daughter
			*] as Toriko Futori, the mentally disabled daughter of Nekichi. She is known for her sexual promiscuity and volatile behavior.
	* ] as Ritsugen Ryu
			* ] as Kametaro Futori, the son of Nekichi. Kametaro dreams of the day he can leave behind the island and his complicated family. Kariya encourages Kametaro's ambition to get him to help drill a well for the sugar mill.
	* ] as Uma Futori, the priestess daughter
			*] as Ritsugen Ryu, one of the leaders of the island and manager of the sugar mill. He serves as the island's representative when dealing with the sugar cane corporation. He has a sexual relationship with Uma, and often abuses her physically and sexually. Manipulative, corrupted, and greedy, Ryu hypocritically positions himself as a defender of his people's traditional ways of life, but secretly works to exploit them for his own advantage. He uses his position as the shaman's lover to make himself untouchable, forcing Uma to falsify prophecies that will benefit him.
			* Hôsei Komatsu
			* Chikako Hosokawa
			* ]
			* ] (special appearance)

	==Awards==		==Awards==
	The film was Japan's submission to the ] for the ], but was not accepted as a nominee.<ref name="SubmissionList">{{cite web\|url=http://www.eiren.org/academy/data.html\|title=List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film\|language=~~Japanese~~\|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan\|~~accessdate~~=2008-06-22}}</ref>		The film was Japan's submission to the ] for the ], but was not accepted as a nominee.<ref name="SubmissionList">{{cite web\|url=http://www.eiren.org/academy/data.html\|title=List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film\|language=ja\|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan\|access-date=2008-06-22}}</ref>

	* Kinema Junpo Award (1969): Best Director		* Kinema Junpo Award (1969): Best Director
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	==See also==		==See also==
	* ]		* ]<ref name=koto/>
	* ]		* ]<ref name=koto>{{cite web\|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%A5%9E%E3%80%85%E3%81%AE%E6%B7%B1%E3%81%8D%E6%AC%B2%E6%9C%9B-688332\|title=神々の深き欲望\|publisher=kotobank\|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
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	* Luck, Richard. (film review) at
	* Maslin, Janet. (1988). (film review) at ]

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1968 Japanese film

Profound Desires of the Gods
DVD release of Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
Directed by	Shōhei Imamura
Written by	Keiji Hasebe Shohei Imamura
Produced by	Masanori Yamanoi
Starring	Rentarō Mikuni Chōichirō Kawarazaki Kazuo Kitamura Hideko Okiyama Yoshi Katō Yasuko Matsui Kanjūrō Arashi
Cinematography	Masao Tochizawa
Edited by	Matsuo Tanji
Music by	Toshiro Mayuzumi
Distributed by	Nikkatsu Corporation, Toho International Company Inc. (USA, 1970), East West Classics (USA, 1988)
Release date	November 22, 1968 (1968-11-22)
Running time	172 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Profound Desires of the Gods or Deep Desires of Gods or Kuragejima – Legends from a Southern Island (神々の深き欲望, Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubō) is a 1968 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. The culmination of the director's examinations of the fringes of Japanese society throughout the 1960s, the film was an 18-month super-production which failed to make an impression at the time of its release, but has since risen in stature.

Plot

Presenting a vast chronicle of life on the remote Kurage Island, the film centres on the disgraced, superstitious, interbred Futori family and the Tokyo engineer sent to supervise the creation of a new well for a sugar mill on the island – an encounter which leads to both conflict and complicity in strange and powerful ways.

Cast

Kazuo Kitamura as Engineer Kariya, a modern-day married man from Tokyo who gets entangled in the Futori family. Kariya is sent to Kurage Island by his boss at the sugar cane corporation to find a water source for a sugar mill on the island. Eventually he is seduced by Toriko.
Kanjūrō Arashi as Yamamori Futori, the patriarch of the Futori family.
Rentarō Mikuni as Nekichi Futori, Yamamori's son conceived through an incestuous relationship between Yamamori and a deceased older sister. He lusts after his sister Uma. Disfavored and condemned, his punishment is being chained in a pit beneath a boulder and tasked to loosen it in order to appease the island gods. Once the boulder is loosened, it can unblock a freshwater stream for the island's rice fields.
Yasuko Matsui as Uma Futori, the noro (shaman) daughter of Yamamori who works at a nearby sacred shrine with the only source of good water. Uma is in love with her brother Nekichi, but is hesitant to consummate their relationship because she does not want a taboo relationship to make Nekichi even more hated by the other islanders.
Hideko Okiyama as Toriko Futori, the mentally disabled daughter of Nekichi. She is known for her sexual promiscuity and volatile behavior.
Chōichirō Kawarazaki as Kametaro Futori, the son of Nekichi. Kametaro dreams of the day he can leave behind the island and his complicated family. Kariya encourages Kametaro's ambition to get him to help drill a well for the sugar mill.
Yoshi Katō as Ritsugen Ryu, one of the leaders of the island and manager of the sugar mill. He serves as the island's representative when dealing with the sugar cane corporation. He has a sexual relationship with Uma, and often abuses her physically and sexually. Manipulative, corrupted, and greedy, Ryu hypocritically positions himself as a defender of his people's traditional ways of life, but secretly works to exploit them for his own advantage. He uses his position as the shaman's lover to make himself untouchable, forcing Uma to falsify prophecies that will benefit him.
Hôsei Komatsu
Chikako Hosokawa
Jun Hamamura
Chikage Oogi (special appearance)

Awards

The film was Japan's submission to the 42nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Kinema Junpo Award (1969): Best Director
Best Film; Mainichi Film Concours (1969): Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Kanjūrō Arashi)

References

"神々の深き欲望". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
Blakeslee, David (2016-07-04). "Criterion Reflections - Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) - Hulu". CriterionCast. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
"List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
^ "神々の深き欲望". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

External links

Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo at IMDb
Profound Desires of the Gods at the TCM Movie Database

v t e Films directed by Shōhei Imamura
Stolen Desire (1958) Nishi Ginza Station (1958) Endless Desire (1958) My Second Brother (1959) Pigs and Battleships (1961) The Insect Woman (1963) Unholy Desire (1964) The Pornographers (1966) A Man Vanishes (1967) Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970) Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute (1975) Vengeance Is Mine (1979) Eijanaika (1981) The Ballad of Narayama (1983) Zegen (1987) Black Rain (1989) The Eel (1997) Dr. Akagi (1998) Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) 11′09″01 September 11 (2002)

Films directed by Shōhei Imamura

Stolen Desire (1958)
Nishi Ginza Station (1958)
Endless Desire (1958)
My Second Brother (1959)
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
The Insect Woman (1963)
Unholy Desire (1964)
The Pornographers (1966)
A Man Vanishes (1967)
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970)
Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute (1975)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Eijanaika (1981)
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Zegen (1987)
Black Rain (1989)
The Eel (1997)
Dr. Akagi (1998)
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
11′09″01 September 11 (2002)

Awards

v t e Japanese submission for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1951–1980	Rashomon (1951) Gate of Hell (1954) Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1955) The Burmese Harp (1956) Aruse (1957) The Ballad of Narayama (1958) Fires on the Plain (1959) Late Autumn (1960) Immortal Love (1961) Being Two Isn't Easy (1962) Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963) Woman in the Dunes (1964) Kwaidan (1965) Lake of Tears (1966) Portrait of Chieko (1967) The Sands of Kurobe (1968) Profound Desires of the Gods (1969) The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970) Dodes'ka-den (1971) Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972) Coup d'État (1973) The Fossil (1974) Sandakan No. 8 (1975) Mount Hakkoda (1977) Empire of Passion (1978) Gassan (1979) Kagemusha (1980)
1981–2000	Muddy River (1981) Onimasa (1982) Antarctica (1983) MacArthur's Children (1984) Gray Sunset (1985) Final Take (1986) Zegen (1987) Hope and Pain (1988) Rikyu (1989) The Sting of Death (1990) Rhapsody in August (1991) The Oil-Hell Murder (1992) Madadayo (1993) Pom Poko (1994) Deep River (1995) Gakko II (1996) Princess Mononoke (1997) Begging for Love (1998) Poppoya (1999) After the Rain (2000)
2001–2020	Go (2001) Out (2002) The Twilight Samurai (2003) Nobody Knows (2004) Blood and Bones (2005) Hula Girls (2006) I Just Didn't Do It (2007) Departures (2008) Nobody to Watch Over Me (2009) Confessions (2010) Postcard (2011) Our Homeland (2012) The Great Passage (2013) The Light Shines Only There (2014) 100 Yen Love (2015) Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2016) Her Love Boils Bathwater (2017) Shoplifters (2018) Weathering with You (2019) True Mothers (2020)
2021–present	Drive My Car (2021) Plan 75 (2022) Perfect Days (2023) Cloud (2024)

Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

Aru yo no Tonosama (1946)
Ima Hitotabi no (1947)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Late Spring (1949)
Until We Meet Again (1950)
Repast (1951)
Ikiru (1952)
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Floating Clouds (1955)
Mahiru no ankoku (1956)
The Rice People (1957)
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Kiku to Isamu (1959)
Her Brother (1960)
A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Harakiri (1962)
High and Low (1963)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Red Beard (1965)
The Great White Tower (1966)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968)
Double Suicide (1969)
Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
Silence (1971)
The Long Darkness (1972)
Tsugaru Folk Song (1973)
Castle of Sand (1974)
The Fossil (1975)
Fumō Chitai (1976)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
The Incident (1978)
Nomugi Pass (1979)
Kagemusha (1980)
Muddy River (1981)
Fall Guy (1982)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
W's Tragedy (1984)
Ran (1985)
The Sea and Poison (1986)
A Taxing Woman (1987)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Black Rain (1989)
Childhood Days (1990)
My Sons (1991)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
All Under the Moon (1993)
A Dedicated Life (1994)
A Last Note (1995)
Shall We Dance? (1996)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Begging for Love (1998)
Poppoya (1999)
Face (2000)
Spirited Away (2001)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
Blood and Bones (2004)
Break Through! (2005)
Sway (2006)
I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
Departures (2008)
The Unbroken (2009)
Villain (2010)
Postcard (2011)
A Terminal Trust (2012)
The Great Passage (2013)
My Man (2014)
Three Stories of Love (2015)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Hanagatami (2017)
Shoplifters (2018)
Listen to the Universe (2019)
Mother (2020)
Drive My Car (2021)
Small, Slow But Steady (2022)
Okiku and the World (2023)

v t e Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film
1927–1940	Ashi ni sawatta onna (1927) A Diary of Chuji's Travels (1928) Jobless Samurai (1929) Beheading Place (1930) What Made Her Do It? (1931) The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (1932) I Was Born, But... (1933) Passing Fancy (1934) A Story of Floating Weeds (1935) Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1936) Sisters of the Gion (1937) Limitless Advance (1938) Five Scouts (1939) Earth (1940)
1941–1960	Kojima no haru (1941) The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1942) The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay (1943) Morning for the Osone Family (1947) A Ball at the Anjo House (1948) Drunken Angel (1949) Late Spring (1950) Until We Meet Again (1951) Early Summer (1952) Ikiru (1953) An Inlet of Muddy Water (1954) Twenty-Four Eyes (1955) Floating Clouds (1956) Darkness at Noon (1957) The Rice People (1958) The Ballad of Narayama (1959) Kiku to Isamu (1960)
1961–1980	Her Brother (1961) Bad Boys (1962) Being Two Isn't Easy (1963) The Insect Woman (1964) Woman in the Dunes (1965) Red Beard (1966) The Great White Tower (1967) Samurai Rebellion (1968) The Profound Desire of the Gods (1969) Double Suicide (1970) Where Spring Comes Late (1971) The Ceremony (1972) The Long Darkness (1973) Tsugaru Folk Song (1974) Sandakan No. 8 (1975) Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1976) The Youth Killer (1977) The Yellow Handkerchief (1978) Third Base (1979) Vengeance Is Mine (1980)
1981–2000	Zigeunerweisen (1981) Muddy River (1982) Fall Guy (1983) The Family Game (1984) The Funeral (1985) And Then (1986) The Sea and Poison (1987) A Taxing Woman (1988) My Neighbor Totoro (1989) Black Rain (1990) The Cherry Orchard (1991) My Sons (1992) Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993) All Under the Moon (1994) A Dedicated Life (1995) A Last Note (1996) Shall We Dance? (1997) The Eel (1998) Fireworks (1998) Wait and See (2000)
2001–present	Face (2001) Go (2002) The Twilight Samurai (2003) A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2004) Nobody Knows (2005) Break Through! (2006) Hula Girls (2007) I Just Didn't Do It (2008) Departures (2009) Dear Doctor (2010) Villain (2011) Postcard (2012) Our Homeland (2013) Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2014) The Light Shines Only There (2015) Three Stories of Love (2016) In This Corner of the World (2017) The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2018) Shoplifters (2019) It Feels So Good (2020) Wife of a Spy (2021) Drive My Car (2022) Small, Slow But Steady (2023) Okiku and the World (2024)

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