Kinkakuji
Movie
金閣寺
1976/07/17
Character count8,670
Word count4,055
Unique words1,121
Words (1-occurrence)680
Unique kanji568
Kanji (1-occurrence)253
Difficulty beta
Hard

The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on Mizoguchi, who is the son of a Buddhist Priest. When his father dies, he’s sent to the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. Mizoguchi is physically unattractive and becomes, in some way, jealous of the beautiful Temple that he loves so much.

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