The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Name: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Director: Yoichi Takabayashi
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-07-17
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Toshio Shiba, Katsuhiko Yokomitsu, Yoshie Shimamura, Teresa Noda, Kazunaga Tsuji

Original title: 金閣寺

6.8(4)19761h 50mJA

Directed by Yoichi Takabayashi

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.