The Temple of Wild Geese

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.

Main Cast

Ayako Wakao

Satoko Kirihara

Age : 90 | Popularity : 9%

Masao Mishima

Jikai Kitami

Age : 67 | Popularity : 4%

Isao Kimura

Atsumichi Uda

Age : 58 | Popularity : 4%

Kuniichi Takami

Jinen Horinouchi / Sutekichi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Nangaku Kishimoto

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Mineko Yorozuyo

Tatsu Kirihara

Age : 104 | Popularity : 3%

Yoshiko Kamo

Masumi Fujimoto

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Shoichi Ozawa

Kuniitsu Takami

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Masaichi Nagata
Directing	Assistant Director	Noriaki Yuasa Eiji Nishizawa
	Director	Yūzō Kawashima
Art	Art Direction	Yoshinobu Nishioka
	Set Decoration	Teruo Kajitani
Camera	Director of Photography	Hiroshi Murai
Editing	Editor	Mitsuzô Miyata
Sound	Original Music Composer	Sei Ikeno
	Sound Recordist	Masao Ôsumi
Writing	Screenplay	Yūzō Kawashima Kazuo Funahashi
	Novel	Tsutomu Mizukami
Lighting	Lighting Technician	Kenichi Okamoto
Department	Role	Name

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