Conflagration

Sep 22, 1958

1h 39m

★ 7.1

Overview

Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Daiei Film

Conflagration Trailers

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Cast

Goichi Mizoguchi

Raizō Ichikawa

Tokari

Tatsuya Nakadai

Mistress of the floral art

Michiyo Aratama

Tayama Dosen

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Yōko Uraji

Woman at Gobancho

Tamao Nakamura

Tsurukawa

Yoichi Funaki

Aki, Goichi's mother

Tanie Kitabayashi

Kinzō Shin

Priest Zenkai

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Prosecutor

Kōichi Mizuhara

Yūsaku Terashima

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