(雁の寺)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Japan

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

98 minutes

Year:

1962

Directors:

Yūzō Kawashima

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Production companies:

Daiei Film

Actors:

Satoko Kirihara

Jikai Kitami

Atsumichi Uda

Jinen Horinouchi / Sutekichi

Nangaku Kishimoto

Crews:

Sound Recordist

Lighting Technician

Director

Art Direction

Editor