70
GoodGoodWatch scoreSummary
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Bloody violence erupts whenever strangers approach the temple. Can the traveling priest bring his belief in the Buddha and rid the three temple residents of the devils that hold their souls?
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Audiences 73GoodWatch 71
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 16 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −33 min on the typical 109
typical 10976Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1969
May 31, 1969
57 years ago
Genres
DramaFantasyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
and 1 moreDirecting · 1
- Kenji Misumi Director
Writing · 2
- Kaneto Shindō Writer
- Junichirō Tanizaki Original Story
Production · 1
- Masaichi Nagata Producer
Camera · 1
- Kazuo Miyagawa Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Kanji Suganuma Editor
Sound · 3
- Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer
- Iwao Ōtani Sound Recordist
- Nobu Kurashima Sound Effects
Art · 1
- Akira Naitō Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Yoshio Ueno Costume Design
Lighting · 1
- Gengon Nakaoka Lighting Technician
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