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The Temple of Wild Geese
The Temple of Wild Geese

The Temple of Wild Geese

6.5/10
January 21, 1962
98 minutes
Yūzō Kawashima
Drama

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.

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Movie Details

Release Date

January 21, 1962

Runtime

98 minutes

Director

Yūzō Kawashima

Rating

6.5/10

Production Companies

Daiei Film

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