The Temple of the Golden Pavillion

Drama · 1976

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.

Starring

Toshio Shiba, Yoshinobu Nishioka, Katsuhiko Yokomitsu, Yoshinobu Nishioka, Yukio Mishima, Yoshie Shimamura, Yukio Mishima, Teresa Noda, Kazunaga Tsuji, Fujio Morita

Director

Yoichi Takabayashi