In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan\u2019s Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional way of life as well as his own journey of self-discovery. Twenty years later, filmmaker Lucille Carra undertook a parallel trip inspired by Richie\u2019s by-then-classic book, capturing images of hushed beauty and meeting people who still carried on the fading customs that Richie had observed. Interspersed with surprising detours\u2014a visit to a Frank Sinatra-loving monk, a leper colony, an ersatz temple of plywood and plaster\u2014and woven together by Richie\u2019s narration as well as a score by celebrated composer Toru Takemitsu, The Inland Sea is an eye-opening voyage and a profound meditation on what it means to be a foreigner.<\/p>
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