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Nunnery Confidential (1968)

Nunnery Confidential poster
Original title
尼寺(秘)物語
Directed by
Sadao Nakajima
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman becomes a nun in a Kyoto temple, but finds that leaving the secular world does not erase female desires. The film follows her life and the struggles of the nuns around her.

melodramaticrestrainedsensualperiodearthyseriousslowcharacter-driven

What happens

『尼寺㊙物語』(あまでらまるひものがたり)は、1968年の日本映画。主演・藤純子、監督・中島貞夫。東映京都撮影所製作、東映配給。 藤純子(富司純子、以下藤)の東映入社以来5年目、映画出演50本目にして初の主演映画。京都の尼寺を舞台に、俗世から離れても女の性(さが)が断ち切れぬ尼僧の生態を赤裸々に描く。藤の次作が当たり役となった『緋牡丹博徒』。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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