In 1971, writer and also film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue concerning his explorations of the islands of Japan's Inland Sea, tape-recording his look for traces of a conventional way of life as well as his own journey of self-discovery. Twenty years later on, filmmaker Lucille Carra took on a parallel trip inspired by Richie's by-then-classic book, capturing pictures of hushed elegance and also conference people who still continued the fading customs that Richie had observed. Sprinkled with unexpected detours-- a visit to a Frank Sinatra-- caring monk, a leper nest, an ersatz holy place of plywood and also plaster-- and also woven together by Richie's narration in addition to a score by popular author Toru Takemitsu, The Inland Sea is an eye-opening trip and a profound reflection on what it suggests to be a foreigner.
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In 1971, writer and also film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue concerning his explorations of the islands of Japan's Inland Sea, tape-recording his look for traces of a conventional way of life as well as his own journey of self-discovery. Twenty years later on, filmmaker Lucille Carra took on a parallel trip inspired by Richie's by-then-classic book, capturing pictures of hushed elegance and also conference people who still continued the fading customs that Richie had observed. Sprinkled with unexpected detours-- a visit to a Frank Sinatra-- caring monk, a leper nest, an ersatz holy place of plywood and also plaster-- and also woven together by Richie's narration in addition to a score by popular author Toru Takemitsu, The Inland Sea is an eye-opening trip and a profound reflection on what it suggests to be a foreigner.
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