Temple Family

Follows an 800-year-old family-run temple in Kyoto as it struggles to balance tradition with progress in order to thrive in the 21st century.

Released
2021
30min
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Documentary

Synopsis

The sites and sounds at the 800-year-old Horenji Temple in Kyoto — electro music, English, takoyaki, a kaleidoscopic elephant — would seem to belie its long history. But in order for the family-run temple to thrive in the 21st century, it must continue to reinvent itself. Intimately following future head priest Scion (30) along with his fiancée Haruka and firstborn sister Ariya, critically-acclaimed director Ema Ryan Yamazaki captures one unexpected corner of Japanese society's struggle to balance tradition with progress.

Détails techniques

Titre original

テンプルファミリー

Langue originale

JA

Langues parlées

English

Japanese

Site officiel

Visiter le site

Production

Compagnies de production

Cineric Creative

NHK

Pays de production

Japan

United States of America

Distribution & Équipe

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