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Buddhist Trilogy Collection

Akio Jissoji's Buddhist Trilogy.

3 movies 1970 – 1972 6h 55m total 6 snapshots 115 solvers
Directed by Akio Jissoji

Movies in this collection

Mujô
Mujô

Mujô

1970 2h 23m Dir. Akio Jissoji
6

The lovely Yuri is 24 years and not a day goes by without her parents complain that she is still unmarried. Her three years younger brother Masao is on her side against the parents. Their lives are a tangle of Buddhist monks, statues and forbidden temptations, the largest of them is to each other.

Mandara
Mandara

Mandara

1971 2h 15m Dir. Akio Jissoji

Two university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated motel. However, one of the couples is attacked. Desperate for answers, they search for the attackers and come across a cult that promotes sexual freedom.

Uta
Uta

Uta

1972 2h 17m Dir. Akio Jissoji

A rigidly devoted young servant lives in a decaying aristocratic household as its members drift toward modernity, hedonism, and financial collapse. While the family quarrels over the fate of their estate, he clings to tradition and ritual, becoming a quiet witness to the social change and emotional unrest around him.

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