Conflagration
炎上
Japan • 1958
Director
Synopsis
Adapted from a novel by Yukio Mishima and told in an intricate flashback structure, CONFLAGRATION dramatizes the psychological collapse of Goichi (Raizo Ichikawa), a young Buddhist acolyte from a dysfunctional family who arrives at a Kyoto temple—the Golden Pavilion—for further study.
Synopsis
Adapted from a novel by Yukio Mishima and told in an intricate flashback structure, CONFLAGRATION dramatizes the psychological collapse of Goichi (Raizo Ichikawa), a young Buddhist acolyte from a dysfunctional family who arrives at a Kyoto temple—the Golden Pavilion—for further study.
Credits
Crew
DirectorKon Ichikawa
WriterNatto Wada, Keiji Hasebe, Kon Ichikawa
CinematographerKazuo Miyagawa
ComposerToshirō Mayuzumi
EditorShigeo Nishida
ProducerMasaichi Nagata
Cast
Raizō Ichikawaas Goichi Mizoguchi
Tatsuya Nakadaias Tokari
Michiyo Aratamaas Mistress of the floral art