The Temple of Wild Geese
21/01/1962
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.
Movie Information
Ayako Wakao
as Satoko Kirihara
Masao Mishima
as Jikai Kitami
Isao Kimura
as Atsumichi Uda
Kuniichi Takami
as Jinen Horinouchi / Sutekichi
Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Nangaku Kishimoto
Mineko Yorozuyo
as Tatsu Kirihara
Yoshiko Kamo
as Masumi Fujimoto
Shoichi Ozawa
as Kuniitsu Takami
Kō Nishimura
as Mokudō Kida
Shinobu Araki
as Dokuseki Sugimoto
Kōichi Katsuragi
as Takemine Matsuyama
Ryōnosuke Azuma
as Shōan Kawaguchi
Yūsaku Terashima
as Izaburō Asano
Kin Sugai
as Kan Horinouchi
Shōzō Nanbu
as Kaio Takeda
Seishiro Hara
as Mori (as Seijiro Haro)
Ichirō Amano
as Sukezō Hisama
Saburo Date
as Heikichi Hisama
Reiko Kongō
as Hideko Kishimoto
Sumao Ishihara
as Kishichi Sengoku
Jun Fujikawa
as Heizaburō Hisama
Kiyoshi Kasuga
as Kinnosuke Ishida
Tokio Oki
as Jirō Ebisugawa
Sōji Shibata
as Shōji Yasui
Gen Kimura
as Nanzō Sasai
Hajime Koshikawa
as Kōta Nishikawa
Tetsu Mikami
as Kumatarō Tamura
Takuya Kitano
as Tokuzen Mikuma
Keiko Koyanagi
as Shizuko Hisama
Kyū Sazanka
as Sesshū Fujimoto
