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Profound Desires of the Gods
Sunday, November 8, 2026 · 14:00ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts
Open on icacinemaA screening of Shōhei Imamura's epic film about a Tokyo engineer's encounter with a remote island's primal culture, part of a retrospective season.
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Shōhei Imamura’s explorations of the clash between the primitive and the civilised, logic and superstition reached their apotheosis in this visually spectacular epic centred upon a Tokyo engineer's visit to a remote tropical island and his slow slippage into the inhabitants primal way of life. Screenings at ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts on Sunday 8 November: 14:00 (The Lower Depths: The Cinema of Shohei Imamura).
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