The Temple of Wild Geese
Release Date: 1962-01-21
Overview: 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.
Rating: 6.5 / 10
Cast
Ayako Wakao
as Satoko Kirihara
Masao Mishima
as Jikai Kitami
Isao Kimura
as Atsumichi Uda
Kuniichi Takami
as Jinen Horinouchi / Sutekichi
Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Nangaku Kishimoto
Crew
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Masao Ōsumi - Sound Recordist
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Ken'ichi Okamoto - Lighting Technician
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Yūzō Kawashima - Director
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Sei Ikeno - Original Music Composer
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Yūzō Kawashima - Screenplay
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