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.

Director: Ishirō Honda

Cast: Hajime Izu, Yasuko Fujita, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Shunji Kasuga, Yoshio Kosugi, Kan Yanagiya, Eiko Miyoshi

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.