

New Guinea: Island of Cannibals
1974, Italian. Directed by Akira Ide.
Mondo-style documentary in which a movie crew travels to newly independent Papua New Guinea to capture the customs and culture of the cannibal natives. Prepare yourself for death rituals, war costumery, crude tattoos, animal killings, and cannibalism.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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- Released
- 1 January 1974
- Original title
- Nuova Guinea, l'isola dei cannibali
- Country
- Japan, Italy
- Written by
- Shinjirô Kanazawa, Annibale Roccasecca
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New Guinea: Island of Cannibals runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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New Guinea: Island of Cannibals isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1974. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed New Guinea: Island of Cannibals?
New Guinea: Island of Cannibals (1974) was directed by Akira Ide.