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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Ayako Wakao, Masao Mishima, Isao Kimura, Kuniichi Takami, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Mineko Yorozuyo
Crew: Masao Ôsumi (Sound Recordist), Kenichi Okamoto (Lighting Technician), Yūzō Kawashima (Director), Yoshinobu Nishioka (Art Direction), Mitsuzô Miyata (Editor), Yūzō Kawashima (Screenplay)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Daiei Film
Runtime: 98 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 21, 1962
IMDb: 4.7
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