The Water Was So Clear [餓鬼草紙]
- Release Year
 - 1973
 - Runtime
 - 1h 32m
 - Genres
 - Drama
 
- Directed By
 - Yoichi Takabayashi
 

A Buddhist priest rescues a homeless girl and brings her into his temple's household. Soon she becomes an essential part of the place. One night she is raped by a young man who then becomes her lover. The priest happens on them one night as they make love before the temple shrine, and he becomes erotically obsessed.

