1362059
1362059

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."

2021-06-26 ja 30m
Documentary
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.

Director of Photography

Shiori Ito

Director

Ema Ryan Yamazaki

Producer

Shin Yasuda

Executive Producer

Shin Yasuda

Executive Producer

Eric Nyari

Executive Producer

Akihiko Sugie

temple traditional values documentary short

Status

Released

Countries

  • Japan
  • United States of America

Companies

  • Cineric Creative
  • NHK