The Temple of Wild Geese

Peyton Place if set in a Kyoto temple. A young acolyte and a kept woman find themselves drawn together amid corruption and cruelty. Masochism and ennui are rarely so gorgeously filmed.

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Yūzō Kawashima directed The Temple of Wild Geese in 1962. See Yūzō Kawashima's full filmography, where to start with Yūzō Kawashima, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yūzō Kawashima.

The Temple of Wild Geese was released in 1962 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 98 minutes.