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.
Credits
The Temple of Wild Geese Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Ayako Wakao
She was 28, now 90 years old
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as Satoko Kirihara |
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Masao Mishima
He was 56, 67 years old when he died
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as Jikai Kitami |
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Saburo Date
He was 37, 67 years old when he died
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as Heikichi Hisama |
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Jun Fujikawa
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as Heizaburô Hisama |
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Kô Nishimura
He was 38, 74 years old when he died
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as Mokudô Kida |
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Tokio Oki
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as Jirô Ebisugawa |
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Shinobu Araki
He was 70, 77 years old when he died
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as Dokuseki Sugimoto |
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Isao Kimura
He was 38, 58 years old when he died
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as Atsumichi Uda |
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Kin Sugai
She was 35, 92 years old when she died
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as Kan Horinouchi |
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Shoichi Ozawa
He was 33, 83 years old when he died
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as Kuniitsu Takami |
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Shôzô Nanbu
He was 63, now 125 years old
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as Kaio Takeda |
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Yûsaku Terashima
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as Izaburô Asano |
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Mineko Yorozuyo
She was 42, now 104 years old
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as Tatsu Kirihara |
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Gen Kimura
He was 28, now 91 years old
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as Nanzô Sasai |
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Hajime Koshikawa
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as Kôta Nishikawa |
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Keiko Koyanagi
She was 35, now 98 years old
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as Shizuko Hisama |
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Seishirô Hara
He was 57, now 119 years old
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as Mori (as Seijiro Haro) |
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Sumao Ishihara
He was 58, now 121 years old
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as Kishichi Sengoku |
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Kuniichi Takami
He was 17, now 80 years old
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as Jinen Horinouchi / Sutekichi |
The Temple of Wild Geese Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Noriaki Yuasa as Assistant Director. He was 28 (70) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Masaichi Nagata as Producer. He was 56 (79) years old when He died
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Production |
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Yoshinobu Nishioka as Art Direction. He was 39 (97) years old when He died
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Art |
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Hiroshi Murai as Director of Photography. |
Camera |
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Mitsuzô Miyata as Editor. |
Editing |
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Sei Ikeno as Original Music Composer. He was 30 (73) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Yuzo Kawashima as Director. He was 43 (45) years old when He died
|
Directing |
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Yuzo Kawashima as Screenplay. He was 43 (45) years old when He died
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Writing |
