The Inland Sea
In 1971, writer as well as film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue regarding his explorations of the islands of Japan's Inland Sea, taping his search for traces of a standard way of living along with his very own journey of self-discovery. Twenty years later on, filmmaker Lucille Carra carried out a parallel trip influenced by Richie's by-then-classic book, catching photos of hushed elegance and also conference people who still carried on the fading customs that Richie had observed. Intermixed with shocking detours-- a see to a Frank Sinatra-- caring monk, a leper colony, an ersatz holy place of plywood as well as plaster-- as well as woven with each other by Richie's narration as well as a rating by popular author Toru Takemitsu, The Inland Sea is a mind-blowing trip as well as an extensive reflection on what it means to be an immigrant.