Follows an 800-year-old family-run temple in Kyoto as it struggles to balance tradition with progress in order to thrive in the 21st century.
2021 · 0h 30m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
The sites and sounds at the 800-year-old Horenji Temple in Kyoto — electro music, English, takoyaki, a kaleidoscopic elephant — would seem to belie its long history. But in order for the family-run temple to thrive in the 21st century, it must continue to reinvent itself.
Director: Ema Ryan Yamazaki
Cinematography: Shiori Ito, James Morimoto Yuya
Editor: Mariko Ide