The Skin of the South
1h 34m

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
Unknown

Kamatari Fujiwara
Shunpei Goto
Shunji Kasuga
Shoichiro Takayama

Yoshio Kosugi
Nonaka

Kan Yanagiya
Sanpei

Eiko Miyoshi
Old lady Onodera

Harue Tone
Keiko Nasu
Tsuruko Mano
Shunpei's wife Miyo
Ryuzo Okada
Kimiyoshi Motomura
Sôkichi Maki
Unknown

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Unknown
Yoshiei Fukami
Sadae's uncle
Tateo Kawasaki
Unknown

Keiichirō Katsumoto
Unknown
Hiroshi Akitsu
Unknown
Hideo Ôtsuka
Goro Kai

Ren Yamamoto
Teiichi Nasu

Sachio Sakai
Unknown
Crew

Ishirō Honda
Director, Screenplay
Kiyoe Kawamura
Director of Photography
Masanori Kakei
Assistant Director
Saburo Nosaka
Producer
Yoshio Nishikawa
Sound Recordist
Kentaro Kondo
Lighting Technician

Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects

Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Music Composer
Kiyoto Fukuda
Original Story

Akira Watanabe
Art Direction