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The culmination of Imamura’s extraordinary examinations of the fringes of Japanese society throughout the 1960s, Profound Desires of the Gods was an 18-month super-production which failed to make an impression at the time of its release, but has since risen in stature to become one of the most legendary — albeit least seen — Japanese films of recent decades.
Original Release
11/22/1968
US Release
07/22/1970
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rentaro Mikuni | the chained son / Nekichi Futori |
| Choichiro Kawarasaki | the backward son / Kametaro Futori |
| Hideko Okiyama | the retarded daughter / Toriko Futori |
| Kanjûrô Arashi | the patriarch / Yamamori Futor / Yamamori Futori |
| Yasuko Matsui | the priestess daughter / Uma Futori |
| Yoshi Katô | Ritsugen Ryu |
| Izumi Hara | Unari Ryu |
| Jun Hamamura | Satokuri |
| Kazuo Kitamura | Engineer / Kariya / Engineer Kariya |
| Tatsu Nakamura |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rentaro Mikuni | the chained son / Nekichi Futori |
| Choichiro Kawarasaki | the backward son / Kametaro Futori |
| Hideko Okiyama | the retarded daughter / Toriko Futori |
| Kanjûrô Arashi | the patriarch / Yamamori Futor / Yamamori Futori |
| Yasuko Matsui | the priestess daughter / Uma Futori |
| Yoshi Katô | Ritsugen Ryu |
| Izumi Hara | Unari Ryu |
| Jun Hamamura | Satokuri |
| Kazuo Kitamura | Engineer / Kariya / Engineer Kariya |
| Tatsu Nakamura | |
| Susumu Mizushima | |
| Hôsei Komatsu | Shimajiri |
| Chikako Hosokawa | Mrs. Azuma |
| Yasuhiko Ishizu | |
| Kazuhiko Hasegawa | Young Man |
| Taiji Tonoyama | |
| Chikage Ogi | |
| Kiyoshi Tokugawa |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Kazuhiko Hasegawa | Producer |
| Hiroshi Takano | Producer |
| Masanori Yamanoi | Producer |
| Minoru Yamashita | Producer |
