About the film
Souls of Zen is a 2012 German documentary film directed by Tim Graf and Jakob Montrasio. It follows Zen Buddhist priests, temple communities and bereaved families in north-eastern Japan in the months after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and looks at the role Buddhist funeral and ancestor rites played in coping with the disaster. The film premiered in competition at the 2012 Zurich Film Festival.
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