Zen for Nothing
2019 Documentary/Foreign Not Rated 104 Minutes
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On 4K UHD | Not Available | |||
On Blu-ray | Not Available | |||
On DVD | September 17, 2019 |
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Director
Zen for Nothing is a masterly immersion into life at a Japanese Zen monastery over three seasons. Swiss novice Sabine arrives at Antibi and, after a brief welcome, she begins to learn the monastery rules: how to bow, sit in the meditation hall, carry out movements with chopsticks, etc. There's more to life there than meditation, farming, and maintenance, however-there are picnics, music, and Wi-Fi. And after the last snow has melted away, the nuns and monks travel to Osaka, where they recite sutras in front of subway entrances as they solicit offerings in their traditional monk's robes. Quotes from renowned abbot Kodu Sawka are interjected throughout.
Not Rated.
Presented in Japanese.
Released by Kino Lorber. See more credits.