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Carving the Divine(2019)
Status: Released
Date: 2019-11-29
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Time: 1h 37m
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.
Languages: English, Japanese.
Countries:
Japan,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Coproducción Japón-Estados Unidos;
Movie: Carving the Divine
Top 4 Billed Cast
Nicholas Pike
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Video: Carving the Divine - Buddhist Sculptors of Japan - Official 15 second Trailer
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