The Inland Sea 1991

Sensity:	No
Imdb rate:	7.0
Imdb Votes:	466
Duration:	56 mins
Year:	1991
Language:	Japanese, English
Genre:	Documentary
Country:	United States
Director:	Lucille Carra
Writers:	Donald Richie, Lucille Carra
Actors:	Donald Richie , Keijo Hasegawa , Akira Hamada ,
Awards:	2 wins & 1 nomination

Description:

In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan’s Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional way of life as well as his own journey of self-discovery. Twenty years later, filmmaker Lucille Carra undertook a parallel trip inspired by Richie’s by-then-classic book, capturing images of hushed beauty and meeting people who still carried on the fading customs that Richie had observed. Interspersed with surprising detours—a visit to a Frank Sinatra-loving monk, a leper colony, an ersatz temple of plywood and plaster—and woven together by Richie’s narration as well as a score by celebrated composer Toru Takemitsu, The Inland Sea is an eye-opening voyage and a profound meditation on what it means to be a foreigner.