The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melancholy young acolyte, Jinen, who has observed the profligacy of his cruel master and Satoko's utter dependence on the man. Jinen is both fascinated and disturbed by Satoko's interest in him; he is similarly caught between loathing of Kikuchi and of the dark circumstances of his birth and his own moral weakness. The story unfolds in a dreamlike manner—a flashback inspired by a now-infamous image on a silkscreen in the souvenir shop at the so-called Temple of the Wild Geese.
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Writing:
Stars:
- Yūzō Kawashima
Writing:
- Yūzō Kawashima
- Kazuo Funahashi
- Tsutomu Minakami
Stars:
Release Date: 1962-01-21
6.3/10
6.3/10
- Country: JP
- Language: 日本語
- Runtime: 98
Jinen Horinouchi / Sutekichi
Heikichi Hisama
Satoko Kirihara
Atsumichi Uda
Jikai Kitami
Nanzō Sasai
Nangaku Kishimoto
Kuniitsu Takami
Mokudō Kida
Takemine Matsuyama
Izaburō Asano
Kan Horinouchi
Kaio Takeda
Jirō Ebisugawa
Sesshū Fujimoto
Nangaku Kishimoto
