The Profound Desire of the Gods (CTBA)

This event has already taken place and ended on 18 Oct 2009

A crystallization of Imamura's ideas, transported to an island so secluded its inhabitants have evolved into animalistic, incestuous nutcases. Into this hothouse, full of superstition and hungry wildlife, comes a mainland civil engineer, looking for a fresh water source so a factory can be built. A hair-raising, richly imagined epic, filthy with unforgettable images and, by its end, beautifully mysterious.

Dir. Shohei Imamura Japan 1968 2h 52m Subtitled

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Pigs, Eels & Insects: Reassessing The Legacy of Shohei Imamura

Arnolfini presents a season of films by Shohei Imamura, the only Japanese director to twice win the Palme d'Or. Known for his interest in the pimps, serial killers and prostitutes of Japanese society and for his irrepressible heroines, Imamura was a multi-faceted director, equally capable of the bawdy, irreverent stuff of his bold 60s new wave titles and later more austere and delicate films. Always with a glint in his eye, his anthropological brand of cinema continued to push the boundaries of both form and content over more than 40 years. 

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For Japenese film lovers you can also catch Ghost in the Shell 2.0 at Watershed during October.