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Dojoji Temple (S)

6.4

73

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Original title: Dojoji - Doujouji (Dojoji Temple)
Year: 1976
Running time: 19 min.
Country: Japan
Director: Kihachirô Kawamoto
Screenwriter: Kihachirô Kawamoto
Cast: Animation
Music: Teizo Matsumura
Cinematography: Animation, Minoru Tamura
Producer: Sakura Motion Picture
Genre: Animation. Drama | Stop Motion. Short Film (Animated)
Synopsis: An elderly monk and his young eager acolyte travel along a road crowded with pilgrims toward a famous temple. As evening approaches they find lodging at a young widow’s; she falls passionately in love with the young man. He can only resist her charms by lying, saying that he will return after completing the pilgrimage. The widow, however, sees through his words, and during a frenzied chase she turns into a giant serpent, the symbol of jealousy, capable of trampling any obstacle. To escape the fury, the monks at the temple decide to hide him underneath a bell. But there’s no refuge from her burning passion.... A masterful and aesthetically sophisticated work from 1976.

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Dojoji Temple (S)

1976

Kihachirô Kawamoto

6.4

(73)