Conflagration
Dramabased on novel or bookarsonkyoto, japanpost war japanbuddhist templestuttererconflagrationmaster and studentmonksvengeful student
A psychologically intricate study of a troubled acolyte's inner torment at a sacred temple, culminating in a devastating act of destruction.
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.
Essence
Ensemble
Raizō Ichikawa
Goichi Mizoguchi
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Tayama Dosen
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tokari
Tanie Kitabayashi
Aki, Goichi's mother
Yoichi Funaki
Tsurukawa
Jun Hamamura
Goichi's Father
Yōko Uraji
Michiyo Aratama
Mistress of the floral art
Kinzō Shin
Tamao Nakamura
Woman at Gobancho
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Priest Zenkai
Kōichi Mizuhara
Prosecutor
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