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7.5/10   190 votes
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Director:
Kon Ichikawa
Writers:
Keiji Hasebe (writer)
Kon Ichikawa (writer)
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Release Date:
22 September 1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
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Awards:
5 wins more
User Comments:
Minor Ichikawa more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Raizô Ichikawa ... Goichi Mizoguchi
Tatsuya Nakadai ... Tokari
Ganjiro Nakamura ... Tayama Dosen
Yoichi Funaki ... Tsurukawa
Tamao Nakamura ... Woman at Gobancho
Jun Hamamura ... Goichi's Father
Tanie Kitabayashi ... Aki, (Goichi's mother)
Michiyo Aratama ... Mistress of the floral art
Kinzo Shin
Yôko Uraji
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Saburo Date ... Police detective A
Ryosuke Kagawa ... Priest Zenkai
Keiko Koyanagi ... Woman on the street
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Conflagration
Flame of Torment
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Japan: English title)
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Runtime:
99 min | Argentina:105 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Argentina:13
Company:
Daiei Kyoto more

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7 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Minor Ichikawa, 31 December 2004
6/10
Author: Hal-900 from WA, USA

"Enjo" has a very intriguing premise: a young boy burns down a temple and via flashbacks we see what forced the young man to commit this horrendous act. I was sure that I was going to end up loving this movie, but the film really deteriorates as the story progresses. I admired the performances, and Ichikawa knows how to shoot a scene (the cinematography is breathtaking!), but the narrative feels like a half-cooked meal, with too many ideas thrown into the pot. The film is unfocused, rushing from one scene to the next; it is like a train on a collision course. The film builds up to something, but that something is never fully explored, and one is left with feelings of frustration and apathy. This is one of those films that did not live up to my high expectations.

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