Life in a Zen Buddhist Monastery in Japan

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 9 min
  • Premiere: 1959. January 1.

In Yokohama, novices wake up early in the Soto zen sect Sojiji temple for their zazen and other practices. A film by Michael Rogge, Dutch photographer, videographer and amateur filmmaker, best known for his depictions of post-WW2 life in the Far East.

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