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Buddha in the land of the Kami /

"The history of Japan past and present is the story of the kami, the supernatural, not quite godlike spirits who underlie the Japanese-ness of Japan--who created the Japanese islands at the beginning of time and remain today the ones responsible for health and luck, for success in childbirth an...

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Other Authors: Antoine, Jean (Screenwriter), Mantell, Marianne (Translator), Lanchester, Robert (Narrator), Saeremans, Baudoin (Cinematographer), Théaudière, Philippe (Cinematographer), Hirose, Ryōhei, 1930-2008 (composer (expression))
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, ©2004.
Series:Japan past and present.
Subjects:
Buddhism > Japan > History > To 1185.
Shinto > History > To 1185.
Gods, Japanese.
Spirits (Buddhism)
Japan > History > To 1185.
Japan > Civilization > Buddhist influences.
Japan > Civilization > Chinese influences.
Documentary films.
Bouddhisme > Japon > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1185.
Shintō > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1185.
Dieux japonais.
Japon > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1185.
Japon > Civilisation > Influence bouddhique.
Japon > Civilisation > Influence chinoise.
Buddhism.
Civilization > Buddhist influences.
Civilization > Chinese influences.
Shinto.
Japan.
To 1185
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Documentary television programs.
History.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary.
Historical.
Television.
Documentaires télévisés.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
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Summary:"The history of Japan past and present is the story of the kami, the supernatural, not quite godlike spirits who underlie the Japanese-ness of Japan--who created the Japanese islands at the beginning of time and remain today the ones responsible for health and luck, for success in childbirth and business, for the proper functioning of silicon chips and the uniqueness and unity of the Japanese. This program begins with the creation myth of Japan and explains the origin and scope of the kami concept; explains the arrival of Buddhism and how Buddhism and the kami were assimilated; discusses the role of Chinese culture, style, and writing in Japanese culture; and demonstrates how the Japanese garden epitomizes the Japanese view of the relationship between humankind and nature, space, time, and reality"--Container.
Item Description:"©Films Media Group ... New York, NY"--Disc surface.
English adaptation (1989) of the 1985 French television production.
Released as a videocassette in 1989 by Films for the Humanities.
"10-27-10 ABG"--Disc surface.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC.
Production Credits:Camera, Baudoin Saeremans, Philippe Theaudiere ; editor, Annie Chevallay ; narrator, Robert Lanchester ; music, Hirose Ryohei.