ENJO - Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Directed by Kon Ichikawa and adapted from the Yukio Mishima novel 'The Temple of the Golden Pavilion'.
STARRING: ICHIKAWA RAIZO, TATSUYA NAKADAI
aka Conflagration - A superb adaptation of Mishima's novel Temple of the Golden Pavilion, this beautifully photographed, disturbing portrait of a man pushed to extremes is the story of innocence betrayed.
The young man (played by Ichikawa Raizo) comes to post-war Kyoto to become a monk at a cherished Japanese temple. His miserably poor background and his innocence do not prepare him for the pervasive corruption of the urban world, and in a final desperate and violent act, he makes a plea for a fiery purity by setting fire to the holy temple.
Winner of the 1959 Kinema Junpo Award, Best Actor ICHIKAWA RAIZO and the Blue Ribbon Award, Best Actor ICHIKAWA RAIZO.
REMASTERED PRINT
1958 Blk/WHT 16:9 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN - 99 MINUTES
JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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