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The Zen Diary

The Zen Diary

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 11, 2022

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Drama

User Score

80%

Original Title

土を喰らう十二ヵ月

Production Companies

Office Shirous

Director

Yuji Nakae

Description

Tsutomu lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking Zen food with the vegetables he grows and the mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor and love interest, occasionally visits. Tsutomu seems content with his daily life. On the other hand, he still hasn't let go of his wife's ashes, although she died 13 years ago.