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.

Directing:
  • Yūzō Kawashima

Writing:
  • Yūzō Kawashima
  • Kazuo Funahashi
  • Tsutomu Minakami

Stars:
Release Date: 1962-01-21
themoviedb icon 6.3/10
  • Country: JP
  • Language: 日本語
  • Runtime: 98
Kuniichi Takami
Kuniichi Taka...
Jinen Horinouchi / Sutekichi
Saburo Date
Saburo Date
Heikichi Hisama
Ayako Wakao
Ayako Wakao
Satoko Kirihara
Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura
Atsumichi Uda
Masao Mishima
Masao Mishima
Jikai Kitami
Gen Kimura
Gen Kimura
Nanzō Sasai
Ganjiro Nakamura
Ganjiro Nakam...
Nangaku Kishimoto
Shoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
Kuniitsu Takami
Kō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura
Mokudō Kida
Kōichi Katsuragi
Kōichi Katsur...
Takemine Matsuyama
Yūsaku Terashima
Yūsaku Terash...
Izaburō Asano
Kin Sugai
Kin Sugai
Kan Horinouchi
Shōzō Nanbu
Shōzō Nanbu
Kaio Takeda
Tokio Oki
Tokio Oki
Jirō Ebisugawa
Kyū Sazanka
Kyū Sazanka
Sesshū Fujimoto
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Ganjirō Nakam...
Nangaku Kishimoto
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