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title: 'The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shohei Imamura'
released: '1968-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 172
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-profound-desire-of-the-gods-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063173/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968)

1968 · 172 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 神々の深き欲望

## Synopsis

Profound Desires of the Gods  or Deep Desires of Gods or Kuragejima – Legends from a Southern Island  is a 1968 Japanese film by director Shōhei 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shohei Imamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/shohei-imamura)
- **Screenplay:** [Shohei Imamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/shohei-imamura)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Toshiro Mayuzumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mayuzumi)

## Cast

- [Rentarō Mikuni](https://cinepixo.com/people/rentaro-mikuni)
- [Kanjūrō Arashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanjuro-arashi)
- [Yoshi Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshi-kato)
- [Jun Hamamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-hamamura)

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