In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan’s Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional way of life as well as his own journey of self-discovery. Twenty years later, filmmaker Lucille Carra undertook a parallel trip inspired by Richie’s by-then-classic book, capturing images of hushed beauty and meeting people who still carried on the fading customs that Richie had observed. Interspersed with surprising detours—a visit to a Frank Sinatra-loving monk, a leper colony, an ersatz temple of plywood and plaster—and woven together by Richie’s narration as well as a score by celebrated composer Toru Takemitsu, The Inland Sea is an eye-opening voyage and a profound meditation on what it means to be a foreigner.
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The Inland Sea narrated by Donald Richie
Donald Richie narrates his own work from the travel memoir The Inland Sea. The film version first screened at the Sundance Film Festival and was shot on film ...
Donald Richie on THE INLAND SEA
In collaboration with director Lucille Carra the renowned writer brought his impressionistic travelogue THE INLAND SEA—an unusual choice for a film ...
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