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Conflagration

Play trailer Conflagration 1958,  1h 36m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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As a youth, Goichi Mizoguchi is tormented by his adulterous mother but soothed by his father's stories of the Golden Pavilion, an ancient Buddhist temple. Later, the shy and stuttering Goichi studies to become a monk and befriends the wild Tokari, also a student. Finding himself at the Golden Pavilion, Goichi is disgusted by how debased the temple has become and feels the only pure action left is to destroy the beautiful building.

Critics Reviews

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Howard Thompson New York Times Oct 23, 2007
4/5
This dignified, purposeful film is often touching as a case history of doomed innocense at bay. But its coils of compromise and corruption are even more credible and haunting. Go to Full Review
Trevor Johnston Time Out Oct 23, 2007
The director's favourite among his own films. Go to Full Review
Elliott Stein Village Voice Aug 28, 2006
A devastating critique of postwar Japanese society; it signaled Ichikawa's emergence as a mature director. Go to Full Review
Pieter-Jan Van Haecke Psychocinematography Jul 13, 2023
Ichikawa succeeds in echoing how the crumbling of the imperialistic dream played its role in making the father – imaginary as well as symbolically – malfunction for many subjects. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Kon Ichikawa

Director

Raizô Ichikawa

Goichi Mizoguchi

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tokari

Ganjirô Nakamura

Tayama Dosen

Yoko Uraji

Actor

Michiyo Aratama

Mistress of the floral art

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Movie Info

Synopsis As a youth, Goichi Mizoguchi is tormented by his adulterous mother but soothed by his father's stories of the Golden Pavilion, an ancient Buddhist temple. Later, the shy and stuttering Goichi studies to become a monk and befriends the wild Tokari, also a student. Finding himself at the Golden Pavilion, Goichi is disgusted by how debased the temple has become and feels the only pure action left is to destroy the beautiful building.
Director
Kon Ichikawa
Screenwriter
Natto Wada, Keiji Hasebe, Kon Ichikawa, Yukio Mishima
Production Co
Daiei Kyoto
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
1h 36m
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