Profound Desires of the Gods

A Tokyo engineer shipped to a remote island to sink a test well stumbles into the Futori clan’s closed rituals. The island’s living history clashes with his drills and dreams. A 1968 time-capsule of friction between tradition and progress.

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Shōhei Imamura directed Profound Desires of the Gods in 1968. See Shōhei Imamura's full filmography, where to start with Shōhei Imamura, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shōhei Imamura.

Profound Desires of the Gods was released in 1968 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 173 minutes.