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Release Date:
February 28, 1952
Original Title:
南国の肌
Alternate Titles:
Nangoku no hada
Production Companies:
Mokuyo Productions
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 94
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.
Art Direction:
Akira Watanabe
Assistant Director:
Masanori Kakei
Director:
Ishirō Honda
Director of Photography:
Kiyoe Kawamura
Lighting Technician:
Kentaro Kondo
Original Music Composer:
Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Story:
Kiyoto Fukuda
Producer:
Saburo Nosaka
Screenplay:
Ishirō Honda
Sound Recordist:
Yoshio Nishikawa
Special Effects:
Eiji Tsuburaya
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