Search All

Search by Title

Release year:
Production year:

Advance Search

Search by Cast/Staff

Advance Search

Search by Company/Association

Advance Search

Categories

Genres

Genres: Specify

1969

Hiroku onnadera

Secrets of a Women’s Temple

秘録おんな寺

Release Date
January, 25th, 1969
Running Time
79 min
Genre
Feature
Color
Monochrome
Screening Format
-,Digital BETACAM
Screen Size
Cinema Scope (1:2.35)

[ Directed by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

DAIEI

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

DAIEI

[ Story ]

In 1785 the Hosho Temple in old Edo was burned to the ground. It was never rebuilt and an old story suggests the reason why.
A nun named Shigetsuin (Shigako Shimegi) was in charge of this temple-convent, sent there as a punishment. Cousin to the Shogun, her misdeeds were such that she was removed by being made Mother Superior.
This is discovered by Oharu (Michiyo Yasuda), a young girl who appears at the temple saying that, wishing to atone for her sins, she wants to become a nun. Her real reason, however, is that she suspects that her brother was murdered in the convent and wants to find the truth.
Shigetsuin, though now the head of convent, has in no way reformed. One of her habits is to invite handsome young men into the precincts and then to dispose of them after having enjoyed herself. The nunnery has become a nest of sadism, violence and murder.
Oharu finds evidence that her suspicions were correct and decides to kill the wicked Shigetsuin. But the Mother Superior sets fire to the temple and perishes amid the flames.

【Quoted from Unijapan Film Quarterly 1969.12.2】

[ Contact (International) ]

KADOKAWA CORPORATION
International Sales, Literature and Movie Group

2-13-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8177
Rep: NATSUNO Takeshi (President)
Attn: MORI Chiyo
tel: +81 50 1746 1220
E-mail: mori-c@kadokawa.jp
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp

Relative Titles

Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter (1966)

Director
SUZUKI Seijun
Cast
WATARI Tetsuya, MATSUBARA Chieko, KAWACHI Tamio

Written by Kohan Kawauchi, "Tokyo Drifter" illustrates an immaculate array of Suzuki aesthetics, switching at a fast pace between dry humor and intense action scenes. Starring Tetsuya Watari, it is highly acclaimed by Hollywood directors Quentin Tara...

Release Date
Apr, 10th, 1966
Eternal New Mornings

Eternal New Mornings (2023)

Director
YAMAMOTO Toru
Cast
SAKURABA Nanami, SUGIMOTO Tetta, TEZUKA Satomi

A "story about facing life" set in Miyagi prefecture, 10 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. A former musician who lost her boyfriend in an accident. A pro boxer who keeps fighting even after the age of 30 and his wife. A woman fightin...

Release Date
Mar, 10th, 2023
Downfall

Downfall (2023)

Director
TAKENAKA Naoto
Cast
SAITOH Takumi, Shuri, MEGUMI

A manga artist Kaoru Fukazawa, who has finished his eight-year series, is wasting his days feeling empty and depressed. He finds harsh criticisms from readers on social media, has a hard time agreeing with his sales-oriented editor, and gets unjust a...

Release Date
Mar, 17th, 2023
Okiku and the World

Okiku and the World (2023)

Director
SAKAMOTO Junji
Cast
KUROKI Haru, Kanichiro, IKEMATSU Sosuke

In the mid-19th century, Okiku, a young woman, lives in a tenement row house among ordinary people in the sprawling city of Edo – known as Tokyo today. Okiku lives with her father, Genbei, a former samurai, now reduced to a penniless ronin, whom she ...

Release Date
Apr, 28th, 2023