Release Date
30 May, 1998
Runtime
01:43: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Taku Shinjo spins this rural drama about ancient taboos and encroaching modernity. Takamine (Gitan Otsuru) is a big-city workaholic sent to a small remote island to seal a business deal. His predecessor almost managed to convince the island's 17 inhabitants to sell their stake and make way for a resort hotel -- that is, before he died under dubious circumstances. Takamine finds the islanders polite and kind but unwilling to discuss business; instead, they tell him to become an islander. So the city-slicker stuffed shirt loses his tie and starts to help the women plant and the men fish. He soon makes his acquaintance with Takako (Mitsuko Baisho), the widowed daughter of the island's chief. She lives alone with her crazed son who is kept Jane Eyre-style chained to a stake. One moon-lit night, their mutual attraction boils over, resulting in a naked, passionate roll on the beach.
Original Title
秘祭
Photos
倍賞美津子
大鶴義丹
三木のり平
Hiroshi Katsuno
石原良純
津村鷹志
梅津栄
本田博太郎
田村高廣
本郷功次郎
井上治
鈴木達夫
Shintarō Ishihara
Sadao China