The Skin of the South

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.

• Yasushi AkutagawaOriginal Music Composer
• Ishirō HondaDirector
• Ishirō HondaScreenplay

• Hajime IzuKakuzo Ono
• Yasuko FujitaSadae Miura
• Takashi ShimuraPresident
• Kamatari FujiwaraShunpei Goto
• Shunji KasugaShoichiro Takayama
• Yoshio KosugiNonaka
• Kan YanagiyaSanpei
• Eiko MiyoshiOld lady Onodera
• Harue ToneKeiko Nasu
• Tsuruko ManoShunpei's wife Miyo
• Ryuzo OkadaKimiyoshi Motomura
• Sôkichi MakiCast