Profound Desire of the Gods
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Profound Desire of the Gods is a 1968 Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura that explores the clash between modernity and traditional island culture through a surreal, anthropological lens.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Profound Desire of the Gods canonical | 2 |
| The Profound Desire of the Gods | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8624579 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Profound Desire of the Gods Context triple: [Imamura Shohei, notableWork, Profound Desire of the Gods]
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A.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
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B.
The Cosmic Doctrine
The Cosmic Doctrine is an influential esoteric text by Dion Fortune that outlines a complex metaphysical and occult cosmology used in Western mystery traditions.
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C.
De Anima
De Anima is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise that investigates the nature, faculties, and functions of the soul as the principle of life in living beings.
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D.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
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E.
God and the Platonic Host
"God and the Platonic Host" is a philosophical work by William Lane Craig that critiques Platonism and defends a theistic account of abstract objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Profound Desire of the Gods Target entity description: Profound Desire of the Gods is a 1968 Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura that explores the clash between modernity and traditional island culture through a surreal, anthropological lens.
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A.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
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B.
The Cosmic Doctrine
The Cosmic Doctrine is an influential esoteric text by Dion Fortune that outlines a complex metaphysical and occult cosmology used in Western mystery traditions.
-
C.
De Anima
De Anima is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise that investigates the nature, faculties, and functions of the soul as the principle of life in living beings.
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D.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
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E.
God and the Platonic Host
"God and the Platonic Host" is a philosophical work by William Lane Craig that critiques Platonism and defends a theistic account of abstract objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubō
ⓘ
The Profound Desire of the Gods ⓘ
linked to:
Profound Desire of the Gods
|
| colorProcess | color film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| depicts |
industrial development
ⓘ
traditional island customs ⓘ |
| director |
Shōhei Imamura
ⓘ
linked to:
Imamura Shohei
|
| directorOfPhotography | Shinsaku Himeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Nikkatsu ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropological film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| hasDirector |
Shōhei Imamura
ⓘ
linked to:
Imamura Shohei
|
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| mainTheme | clash between modernity and traditional culture ⓘ |
| musicBy | Toshiro Mayuzumi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
anthropological
ⓘ
surreal ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ambitious large-scale location shooting
ⓘ
depiction of clash between modern industry and folk beliefs ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shōhei Imamura filmography
ⓘ
linked to:
Imamura Shohei
|
| periodOfStory | postwar Japan ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Nikkatsu ⓘ |
| productionCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| releaseDateInJapan | 1968 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 172 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Shōhei Imamura
ⓘ
linked to:
Imamura Shohei
|
| setting | remote Japanese island ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Profound Desire of the Gods Description of subject: Profound Desire of the Gods is a 1968 Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura that explores the clash between modernity and traditional island culture through a surreal, anthropological lens.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Profound Desire of the Gods