Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ayako Wakao
Satoko Kirihara
Lead
Masao Mishima
Jikai Kitami
Isao Kimura
Atsumichi Uda
Kuniichi Takami
Jinen Horinouchi / Sutekichi
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Nangaku Kishimoto
MY
Mineko Yorozuyo
Tatsu Kirihara
YK
Yoshiko Kamo
Masumi Fujimoto
Shoichi Ozawa
Kuniitsu Takami
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yūzō Kawashima's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Temple of Wild Geese is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
