The Hidden Festival

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.

Main Cast

Mitsuko Baisho

Age : 77 | Popularity : 11%

Gitan Ohtsuru

Age : 56 | Popularity : 5%

Norihei Miki

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Hiroshi Katsuno

Age : 74 | Popularity : 5%

Yoshizumi Ishihara

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Takashi Tsumura

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Sakae Umezu

Age : 88 | Popularity : 3%

Hirotaro Honda

Age : 73 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Tatsuo Suzuki
Writing	Screenplay	Shintarō Ishihara
	Original Story	Shintarō Ishihara
Directing	Director	Taku Shinjo
	Assistant Director	Takashi Inoue
Production	Executive Producer	Taku Shinjo
	Producer	Masaaki Hiraoka Hiroshi Ishiya
Art	Art Direction	Hisao Inagaki
Editing	Editor	Osamu Inoue
Sound	Sound Recordist	Yukio Kubota
	Original Music Composer	Sadao China
Lighting	Lighting Technician	Hiroyuki Yasukouchi
Department	Role	Name

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