A sheltered aristocratic woman in feudal Japan, bored and unfamiliar with the world outside her estate, passes the time copying a special Buddhist sutra sent by her father who has been absent on official business for years. While gazing out her window one late afternoon, the setting sun creates a vision of a holy figure in the distant mountains.
Jul 2005
Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).
Jan 2004
Focuses on the mutual antipathy of two groups of children in an Izu village.
Mar 1959
