Carving the Divine

Nov 29, 2019

1h 37m

★ 0.0

Overview

The documentary Carving the Divine offers a rare and intimate look into the life and artistic process of modern-day Busshi – practitioners of a 1400 year lineage of woodcarving that’s at the heart of Japanese, Mahayana Buddhism.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Coproducción Japón-Estados Unidos;

Carving the Divine Trailers

Cast

Director

Yujiro Seki

Guion

Yujiro Seki

Musica

Nicholas Pike

Fotografia

Yujiro Seki

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Carving the Divine

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Carving the Divine Trailers

Cast

Yujiro Seki

Yujiro Seki

Nicholas Pike

Yujiro Seki

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