The Temple of Wild Geese

6.5
19621h 38m

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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Cast

Photo of Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

Satoko Kirihara

Photo of Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

Jikai Kitami

Photo of Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Atsumichi Uda

Photo of Kuniichi Takami

Kuniichi Takami

Jinen Horinouchi / Sutekichi

Photo of Ganjirō Nakamura II

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Nangaku Kishimoto

Photo of Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Kuniitsu Takami

Photo of Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Mokudō Kida

Photo of Kōichi Katsuragi

Kōichi Katsuragi

Takemine Matsuyama

Photo of Yūsaku Terashima

Yūsaku Terashima

Izaburō Asano

Photo of Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Kan Horinouchi

Photo of Shōzō Nanbu

Shōzō Nanbu

Kaio Takeda

Photo of Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Heikichi Hisama

Photo of Jun Fujikawa

Jun Fujikawa

Heizaburō Hisama

Photo of Tokio Oki

Tokio Oki

Jirō Ebisugawa

Photo of Gen Kimura

Gen Kimura

Nanzō Sasai

Photo of Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Shizuko Hisama

Photo of Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Sesshū Fujimoto

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