金閣寺
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Kinkakuji
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Kinkaku-ji
director:
Yoichi Takabayashi
playwright:
Yoichi Takabayashi
actor:
Toshio Shiba
/
Katsuhiko Yokomitsu
/
Yoshie Shimamura
/
Teresa Noda
/
Kazunaga Tsuji
…
genre:
Drama
region:
Japan
language:
Japanese
length: 1h 50m
release date:
1976-07-17
(Release)
IMDb: tt0204432
金閣寺
overview
The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on Mizoguchi, who is the son of a Buddhist Priest. When his father dies, he’s sent to the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. Mizoguchi is physically unattractive and becomes, in some way, jealous of the beautiful Temple that he loves so much.