1,800 hours of sitting still. The most intense action movie you'll never move for.
A year of zen practice at Antaiji Temple in Japan. Many non-Japanese gather at this Soto school zen temple to do zazen 1,800 hours per year and live the zen ideal of self-sufficiency.
Direction
NHK lets silence breathe; no narration, just existence.
Cinematography
Stunning seasonal shifts—winter snow to summer sweat.
Production
Muho's dry humor cuts through the solemnity perfectly.
Director
NHK World-Japan
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