Film
Soji-ji
1979 · 18m · Documentary
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Overview
Soji-ji (1979) is a video work documenting a chant recitation at a Zen temple. The chant recited by many monks does not proceed in unison like group singing. Each monk recites in sync with his breath, so that the intake of breath occurs at different moments. That is to say, each monk articulates the chant differently. Since there is no unified division, when the multiple chants overlap, an endless wave of chant (sutra) appears as a collective density or modality (at the same time, each monk’s steps form a totally different rhythm from the individual chants).
Crew
- Fujiko NakayaDirector
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1979
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 18m
- Genres
- Documentary
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