Souls of Zen: After the Tsunami - Buddhism and Ancestral Commemoration in Japan 2011
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German title | Souls of Zen: After the Tsunami - Buddhism and Ancestral Commemoration in Japan 2011 |
Original title | Souls of Zen |
Country of production | Germany , Japan |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2012 |
length | 89 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 0 |
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Director | Tim Graf, Jakob Montrasio |
script | Tim Graf |
production | Michael Zimmer, Tim Graf |
music | Thomas Henz |
camera | Jacob Montrasio |
cut | Jakob Montrasio, Tim Graf |
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Souls of Zen: After the Tsunami - Buddhism and Ancestral Remembrance in Japan 2011 ( Original title : Souls of Zen ) is a documentary from 2012 by directors Tim Graf and Jakob Montrasio.
Reviews
“The 90-minute film 'Souls of Zen' impressively shows how Japanese Buddhism deals with this destruction. However, the documentation occasionally makes use of academic language and Buddhist terms that are not easy to understand for laypeople. Nevertheless, 'Souls of Zen' is informative and worth seeing - and not just for people who are interested in Japan and Buddhism. "
“Souls of Zen tries to bring two gigantic topics - the tsunami and its consequences as well as Buddhism - under one hood. He basically provides interesting information and good insights, but in the end it remains superficial key data that add up too much half-knowledge that you then have to work through on your own, because neither the catastrophe nor Buddhism are really extensively illuminated. "
Awards
- Nominated for the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival 2012 .
Web links
- Official English site
- Souls of Zen: After the Tsunami - Buddhism and ancestor commemoration in Japan in 2011 at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Dealing with Death after Fukushima” , Deutschlandradio Kultur, March 23, 2013.
- ↑ Souls of Zen (2012) - Or: Tradition becomes solid as a rock , OutNow.ch of September 23, 2012.