Conflagration
Drama
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.
VIBE
A deeply introspective and visually arresting journey through a young man's unraveling. It's a somber, brooding exploration of loss and the destructive power of obsession, set against a backdrop of quiet desperation.
melancholicintensebroodingsomberslow-burnarthouseperiod dramapsychological dramagriefrevengeidentityspirituality
based on novel or bookarsonkyoto, japanpost war japanbuddhist templestuttererconflagrationmaster and studentmonksvengeful student
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