About ecology and the negative impact of industrialisation in pristine environments.
Charisma: Charisma unfoldsalmost as if in a nightmare. A fatigued, disgraced detective (frequentKurosawa leading man Koji Yakusho) leaves the city and gets dropped offrandomly in the woods. Once there, he meets a handful of strange people,each of them obsessed by a bizarre tree.
Charisma: Charisma unfoldsalmost as if in a nightmare. A fatigued, disgraced detective (frequentKurosawa leading man Koji Yakusho) leaves the city and gets dropped offrandomly in the woods. Once there, he meets a handful of strange people,each of them obsessed by a bizarre tree.
Both are about life's difficulties in an isolated island.
The naked island: The film is set over the course of a year on a small island in the Seto Inland Sea. Inhabiting the island is a family of four; a husband, wife and two sons. Being the only occupants on the island they survive solely by farming. Their daily repetitions are illustrated with the same poetic majesty as the rituals performed by Zen Buddhist monks. The family’s simple lifestyle exemplifies an aesthetically harmonious quality, which is presented beautifully through the films spacious cinematography, rhythmic editing and deceptively simple sound design.
The naked island: The film is set over the course of a year on a small island in the Seto Inland Sea. Inhabiting the island is a family of four; a husband, wife and two sons. Being the only occupants on the island they survive solely by farming. Their daily repetitions are illustrated with the same poetic majesty as the rituals performed by Zen Buddhist monks. The family’s simple lifestyle exemplifies an aesthetically harmonious quality, which is presented beautifully through the films spacious cinematography, rhythmic editing and deceptively simple sound design.
Incest relationship between a Mother and a Son as revenge.
Moebius: A housewife becomes enraged with jealousy over her husband's affair. Meanwhile, their son sits in the periphery, observing their violent confrontations. One evening, the housewife takes a kitchen knife into their bedroom to exact revenge on the father. The father though is able to repel her attack and throws her out of the bedroom. The mother then goes into the son's room and from there it hovers the family into tragedy.
Moebius: A housewife becomes enraged with jealousy over her husband's affair. Meanwhile, their son sits in the periphery, observing their violent confrontations. One evening, the housewife takes a kitchen knife into their bedroom to exact revenge on the father. The father though is able to repel her attack and throws her out of the bedroom. The mother then goes into the son's room and from there it hovers the family into tragedy.