The Temple of the Wild Geese

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The Temple of the Wild Geese is a 1962 Japanese drama film, adapted from a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, known for its intense psychological portrayal of forbidden desire and moral conflict within a Buddhist temple.

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instanceOf film
adaptationFrom Japanese literature
adaptationType literary adaptation
authorOfSourceWork Tsutomu Mizukami NERFINISHED
basedOn novel The Temple of the Wild Geese
cinemaMovement 1960s Japanese drama cinema
countryOfOrigin Japan
depicts Buddhist clergy
monastic life
taboo relationships
era postwar Japanese cinema
genre drama
psychological drama
hasAdaptationRelationshipWith Tsutomu Mizukami novel The Temple of the Wild Geese
medium black-and-white film
narrativeFocus forbidden desire
moral conflict
narrativeSetting Buddhist temple
originalLanguage Japanese
portrays inner conflict
intense psychological states
struggle between desire and morality
productionPeriod 1960s
publicationCountryOfSourceWork Japan NERFINISHED
publicationTypeOfSourceWork novel
releaseYear 1962
settingCountry Japan NERFINISHED
sourceWorkLanguage Japanese
theme guilt
moral dilemma
psychological tension
religion and desire
repression
titleLanguage English
workType narrative feature film

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Ayako Wakao notableWork The Temple of the Wild Geese