Conflagration

Conflagration

1958 · 99 min · JA · 7.0 (23 votes)
Dir. Kon Ichikawa · Starring Raizō Ichikawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Yōko Uraji, Tamao Nakamura · Music Toshirō Mayuzumi
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.

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