Kon IchikawaCast
Raizo Ichikawa 
Tatsuya Nakadai 
Ganjiro Nakamura
Credits
Written by: Yukio Mishima
Plot
A troubled young monk is obsessed with the beauty of a temple and decides to destroy it. It is based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.
Sinekatalog’s take
Kon Ichikawa's adaptation of Mishima follows a stuttering young monk obsessed with the beauty of a temple who decides to burn it. Raizo Ichikawa is haunting in a stark, black-and-white study of alienation and aesthetic mania.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (1,114 votes)
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