The Skin of the South

Overview

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 28, 1952

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Mokuyo Productions

Cast

Shunji Kasuga,Ryuzo Okada,Sôkichi Maki,Eiko Miyoshi,Sachio Sakai,Ren Yamamoto,Yasuko Fujita,Hiroshi Akitsu,Takashi Shimura,Tsuruko Manoand 10 more

Director

Ishirō Honda

Writer

Kiyoto Fukuda,Ishirō Honda

Producer

Saburo Nosaka

Cinematography

Kiyoe Kawamura

Music

Yasushi Akutagawa

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0045154