作品紹介 Introduction

9.11以後の世界。The World After 9/11 若き僧侶がめぐる冒険ドキュメンタリー。 A documentary film following the journey of a young Buddhist monk

Jicchoku Inoue, who ceased his activities as a TV entertainer to become the senior monk of the Buddhist temple run by his family in Tokyo, visited New York after 9/11.

After returning to Japan, he decided to become a Shohosshi - a monk entitled to conduct certain special rituals - and prepared to participate in the hundred-day winter training of the Nichiren Buddhist discipline.

Makoto Sasaki - the director of this movie and a friend of Jicchoku’s - heard about his decision, and began following Jicchoku with his camera.

Makoto thought he was just shooting a documentary about Jicchoku becoming a Nichiren monk. But as Jicchoku changed, the world also changed, slowly and silently.

Makoto Sasaki came to notice that the documentary he was taking was a "fragment" of the history after 9 /11, and formed a record of the period from 9/11 to the war in Iraq without Bush, Hussein, or Bin Laden.

This movie shows the history of these events through the adventure and growth of a young monk.

2006/Japan/92min/DV/Standard/Stero/ Subtitled in English
Director: Masako Sasaki
Cast: Jicchoku Inoue