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The Temple of Wild Geese

6.5(16)19621h 38m2

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.

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Japanese
  • based on novel or book

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  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical21 Jan 1962
  • TaiwanTW

    • Theatrical (limited)21 Aug 2026

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The Temple of Wild Geese was released on 21 January 1962.

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