The Skin of the South (1952)

8.0/10 94 min Drama

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.

Cast

Hajime Izu

Kakuzo Ono

Yasuko Fujita

Sadae Miura

Takashi Shimura

President

Kamatari Fujiwara

Shunpei Goto

Yoshio Kosugi

Nonaka

Kan Yanagiya

Sanpei

Eiko Miyoshi

Old lady Onodera

Harue Tone

Keiko Nasu

Tsuruko Mano

Shunpei's wife Miyo

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Keiichirō Katsumoto

Ren Yamamoto

Teiichi Nasu

Sachio Sakai

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