Akio Jissoji - The Buddhist Trilogy ( Mujô / Mandara / Uta ) ( This Transient Life / Mandara / Poem )

Akio Jissoji - The Buddhist Trilogy (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Mujô / Mandara / Uta
Alternate Title: This Transient Life / Mandara / Poem
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
394 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1970-1972 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Akio Jissôji

Written By:
Toshirô Ishidô

Actors:
Michiko Tsukasa ..... Yuri / sister
Ryô Tamura ..... Masao / brother
Eiji Okada ..... Mori / sculptor
Isao Sasaki ..... Mori's son
Mitsuko Tanaka ..... Reiko / Mori's (second) wife
Haruhiko Okamura ..... Ogino / Buddhist priest
Kôzô Yamamura ..... Father
Kin Sugai ..... Mother
Kotobuki Hananomoto ..... Iwashita / servant
Eiji Sato
Akiji Kobayashi
Minori Terada
Kôji Shimizu ..... Shinichi / Yukiko's husband
Akiko Mori ..... Yukiko / Shinichi's wife
Ryô Tamura ..... Hirochi / Yasuko's husband
Hiroko Sakurai ..... Yasuko / Hirochi's wife
Shin Kishida ..... Maki / sect leader
Daigo Kusano
Mihiro Wakabayashi
Maya Kitajima
Shoji Oki
Yasumi Hara
Tokie Hidari
Masako Araki
Kanjûrô Arashi
Shin Kishida
Kikue Môri
Haruhiko Okamura
Hiroko Sakurai
Saburô Shinoda
Ryô Tamura
Eishin Tôno
Ryôhei Uchida
Eiko Yanami

Synopsis:

This Transient Life: Set around a remote Buddhist monastery, it features Masao, a young son of a rich merchant who doesn't want to follow his father into business or go to college, preferring to study under a famous Master how to make Kannon statues of the Goddess of Mercy. At the same time, his sister Yuri is struggling to find a potential husband, only for it to explode when their horseplay in masks one day leads to an incestuous consummation that brings disaster to all. They fall in love, she gets pregnant but it's assumed to be someone else's, who she marries. A monk at the monastery knows the truth, and confronts Masao, who goes off instead to the master sculptor to be his assistant, only to then begin another affair with his wife, who in turn seduces her young son who, in horror, blames the whole business on Masao and sets out to kill him. Mandara: A savage work that explores human sexuality and its articulations with political stances and religion: Two couples of university students swap their partners, one, Yukiko and Shinichi experienced and one, Hirochi and Yasuko unmarried and first time in an isolated motel. Later, at the seaside one of them is attacked by two maniacs, who leave the husband unconscious and rape the woman. After the event that was supposed to be traumatic, the attacked couple find themselves interested in the two aggressors and the gratuitousness of their act, and goes to look for them in the surroundings of the motel. They discover that they are part of a sect that has sexual freedom and self-support as slogans. At first reluctant, but soon giving way, the couple end up joining the secret sect and isolate themselves from the world, but things get complicated when the other couple decides to look for them. Poem: As a faithful young houseboy fully devotes himself to his spiritual duty, his teacher plans turning over his grandfather's mountain property to realtors for profit.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 10 June, 2022.

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