The Skin of the South
94 mins
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.
Shunji Kasuga
Shoichiro Takayama
Tsuruko Mano
Shunpei's wife Miyo
Ryuzo Okada
Kimiyoshi Motomura
Yoshiei Fukami
Sadae's uncle
Hideo Ôtsuka
Goro Kai
Masanori Kakei
Assistant Director
Saburo Nosaka
Producer
Yoshio Nishikawa
Sound Recordist
Kentaro Kondo
Lighting Technician
Kiyoe Kawamura
Director of Photography
Kiyoto Fukuda
Original Story