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The Zen Diary

2022 1h 51m Drama List
Reviews 100% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Writer Tsutomu lives alone at a mountain cabin in Nagano, growing vegetables and collecting fruits and mushrooms. Sometimes his editor/girlfriend Machiko visits, and they cook with seasonal ingredients and eat together. Tsutomu seems to be enjoying an easygoing life, but he's still unable to bury his dead wife's ashes. Read More Read Less

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Marlene G. S Wonderful to watch. Beautiful cinematography follows the waning years of a Japanese man . A meditation on isolation, ritual, and simple gastronomy. A very slow paced but engaging film…perhaps a bit too long but fascinating to watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Writer Tsutomu lives alone at a mountain cabin in Nagano, growing vegetables and collecting fruits and mushrooms. Sometimes his editor/girlfriend Machiko visits, and they cook with seasonal ingredients and eat together. Tsutomu seems to be enjoying an easygoing life, but he's still unable to bury his dead wife's ashes.
Director
Yuji Nakae
Screenwriter
Yuji Nakae
Production Co
Nikkatsu
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
1h 51m