Simple life lessons to feed the soul
The Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC)'s signature programmes Open House and Late Night Series – Art X, with the theme of “Craving for…”, presented one screening of The Zen Diary (Director: Nakae Yuji) on 25 March, 2023 (Saturday) with a full house! Due to the audience's enthusiastic response to the screening, three additional screenings will be held in April and May. Don't miss this opportunity. Tickets are for sale now!
Tickets are available at www.popticket.hk now. Please visit the Hong Kong Arts Centre website for further details.
About the film: The Zen Diary
Screening Schedule
29/4 (Sat) 7:30pm
20/5 (Sat) 3pm
26/5 (Fri) 7:30pm
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Tickets: $90 / $72* (See Popticket for Available Discounts)
Festivals
San Sebastian International Film Festival 2022
Hawaii International Film Festival 2022
Director: Nakae Yuji
Cast: Sawada Kenji, Matsu Takako
Japan | 2023 | 111' | In Japanese with English subtitles | Colour
Writer Tsutomu lives alone at a mountain cabin in Nagano. He collects fruits and mushrooms from the mountain. He also raises vegetables in a field. Every day, he cooks his meals with these natural ingredients. Doing that, he can feel the flow of the seasons and he writes his book. Sometimes, his editor/girlfriend Machiko visits him. They cook with seasonal ingredients and eat together. They have a good time together. Tsutomu seems to be enjoying an easygoing life, but he is still unable to bury his dead wife's ashes in a grave. His wife died 13 years ago.
