Temple Family (2021)
Temple Family (2021)
Follows an 800-year-old family-run temple in Kyoto as it struggles to balance tradition with progress in order to thrive in the 21st century.
The sites and sounds at the 800-year-old Horenji Temple in Kyoto — electro music, English, takoyaki, a kaleidoscopic elephant — would seem to belie its long history. But in order for the family-run temple to thrive in the 21st century, it must continue to reinvent itself. Intimately following future head priest Scion (30) along with his fiancée Haruka and firstborn sister Ariya, critically-acclaimed director Ema Ryan Yamazaki captures one unexpected corner of Japanese society's struggle to balance tradition with progress.

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The sites and sounds at the 800-year-old Horenji Temple in Kyoto — electro music, English, takoyaki, a kaleidoscopic elephant — would seem to belie its long history. But in order for the family-run temple to thrive in the 21st century, it must continue to reinvent itself. Intimately following future head priest Scion (30) along with his fiancée Haruka and firstborn sister Ariya, critically-acclaimed director Ema Ryan Yamazaki captures one unexpected corner of Japanese society's struggle to balance tradition with progress.


Tagline: Follows an 800-year-old family-run temple in Kyoto as it struggles to balance tradition with progress in order to thrive in the 21st century.
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Genres: Documentary

Language: English, 日本語

Release Date: 26 June 2021

Country: JP, US

Runtime: 30m

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Company: Cineric Creative, NHK

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Shin Yasuda

Shin Yasuda

Producer

Shin Yasuda

Shin Yasuda

Executive Producer

Eric Nyari

Eric Nyari

Executive Producer

Akihiko Sugie

Akihiko Sugie

Executive Producer

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Shiori Itō

Shiori Itō

Director of Photography

James Morimoto Yuya

James Morimoto Yuya

Director of Photography

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