Kinkakuji
Movie
金閣寺 1976/07/17
Character count8,680
Word count3,984
Unique words1,130
Words (1-occurrence)677
Unique kanji568
Kanji (1-occurrence)253
Difficulty beta Moderate

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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