71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Tsuchi wo kurau junikagetsu / The Zen Diary

Yuji Nakae
Japan      112 m.
Synopsis
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Tsutomu lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking Zen food with the vegetables he grows and the mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor and love interest, occasionally visits. Tsutomu seems content with his daily life. On the other hand, he still hasn't let go of his wife's ashes, although she died 13 years ago...

Director
Yuji Nakae (Japan)
Screenplay
Yuji Nakae
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation (Japan)
Kenichi Yoshida
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Nikkatsu Corporation (Japan)
Photography
Hirotaka Matsune
Edition
Ryuji Miyajima
Music
Yoshihide Otomo
Sound
Takehiko Watanabe
Cast
Kenji Sawada, Takako Matsu
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
112 m.
Original language of the film
Japanese
Country
Japan
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