¡Enjo (Conflagration)[Priced-down Reissue]
¡Japanese Movie
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[Machine Translation] [Daiei's 70th Anniversary Campaign Masterpiece Series] An adaptation of Yukio Mishima's Yomiuri Literary Award-winning novel "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion", which was inspired by an actual arson attack on a national treasure. Raizo Ichikawa's first contemporary drama is an ambitious work directed by master director Kon Ichikawa and filmed by Kazuo Miyagawa. Ichikawa Raizo's performance in the difficult role of a young man with a stutter who sets fire to a treasure was highly acclaimed, winning the Kinema Junpo Top Ten Best Actor Award and the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor. The film was shot by Kazuo Miyagawa, who is known for his mastery of black-and-white cinematography, including the brilliant flames of the gold-dusted shower over the temple, art by Yoshinobu Nishioka, music by Toshiro Mayuzumi, and other outstanding staff members. The film's co-stars, including Tatsuya Nakadai, Nakamura Ganjiro, Nakamura Tamao, and Shinju Michidai, give sparkling performances. --In the spring of 1944, Goichi Mizoguchi came to live as an apprentice at the Shakakuji Temple in Kyoto, where Master Michiaki Tayama was the abbot. To Goichi, the temple was the most beautiful thing in the world, and he longed for it almost to the point of faith. However, after the war, the temple became a tourist attraction and the temple's economy became prosperous, and the old master's life changed drastically. Goichi's sense of discomfort turns to despair, and he eventually reaches a breaking point...
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photo gallery, and staff & cast profile
Original Release Year: 1958
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