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Shugendo Now
Variant Title:Shugendo Now: the Lotus Ascent
Content:Documentary Film
Review Available:Review
Media Type:DVD
Release Date:2009
Audience:Higher Education
Running Time:90 min. / 42 min.
Physical Description:(Null)
Author:Directed by Jean-Marc Abela and Mark McGuire
Subject:Philosophy and Religion
Subheading:Buddhism
Region:East Asia
Country:Japan



Abstract:

Shugendô practitioners perform actions from shamanism, Shintô, Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism.  More poetic than analytical, this film explores how a group of modern Japanese people integrate Mountain Learning with urban life.

Film website: www.shugendonow.com               

Film is available as full length (approx. 90 min) or educator version (42 min.)






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