Release Date

21 Jan, 1962

Runtime

01:38: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

雁の寺

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Actors

若尾文子

三島雅夫

木村功

高見國一

二代目 中村鴈治郎

萬代峰子

Yoshiko Kamo

小沢昭一

西村晃

荒木忍

葛木香一

Ryōnosuke Azuma

寺島雄作

菅井きん

南部彰三

原聖四郎

天野一郎

伊達三郎

金剛麗子

石原須磨男

藤川準

Crew

大角正夫

川島雄三

池野成

川島雄三

湯浅憲明

永田雅一

舟橋和郎

Teruo Kajitani

西沢鋭治

村井博

宮田味津三

水上勉

西岡善信

岡本健一