The Zen Diary

1h 52m
Drama
6.8

Tsutomu lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking Zen food with the vegetables he grows and the mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor and love interest, occasionally visits. Tsutomu seems content with his daily life. On the other hand, he still hasn't let go of his wife's ashes, although she died 13 years ago.

Cast

Kenji Sawada
Tsutomu
Takako Matsu
Machiko
Naomi Nishida
Mika
Toshinori Omi
Ryu
Fumi Dan
Fumiko
Shōhei Hino
Carpenter
Tomoko Naraoka
Chie
Koihachi Takigawa
Photographer

Crew

Yuji Nakae
Director, Writer
Tsutomu Mizukami
Novel
Yasutaka Fuke
Executive Producer
Kentaro Kosaka
Production Design
Yoshihide Otomo
Original Music Composer
Yasuhiro Kaneko
Gaffer

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