In-depth look at the twilight years, spent training apprentices, of temple builder Nishioka Tsunekazu, who was called the "devil" as he devoted his life to temple architecture. His insistence on the gargantuan timescale of linking life to the next millennium emerges from people who knew him. Remarkable as well for showing the unknown backstage of temple architecture. Nishioka, known as "the last temple carpenter," handled the major Showa-era repairs of Horyuji temple, and in 1990 was at the scene of the reconstruction work for Yakushi temple.
Genre: Drama, History, Family, Documentary
Stars: Tsunekazu Nishioka, Renji Ishibashi
Crew: Yûji Yamazaki (Director), Byonyan Paku (Producer), Kazuya Sahara (Music), Nobukazu Uekusa (Producer), Hiroyuki Imaoka (Editor), Shuhei Tada (Director of Photography)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Uzumasa
Runtime: 88 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 04, 2012
IMDb: 5
