Kinkakuji
1976 · Movie · 109 min. · Japan
"Temple of the Golden Pavillion" - About the psychological decline of a novice Buddhist monk. After the death of his father, the stammering Goichi Mizoguchi seeks succour and loftier insights in religion. Only to find all too soon that reality and the imagination are worlds apart. The social upheavals that began after World War II did not stop even at Buddhist temples. Convinced that all loftier values have long since degenerated, he sets fire to the Kinkaku-ji temple, thereby annihilating the symbol of his own dashed hopes.
Direction Yoichi Takabayashi
Cast Saburo Shinoda · Toshio Shiba · Katsuhiko Yokomitsu · Yoshie Shimamura
Screenplay Yoichi Takabayashi · Yukio Mishima
Cinematography Fujio Morita
Original title Kinkakuji
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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