"Ito - Diary of a City Clergyman" tells the story of a young Buddhist cleric, Yoshinobu Fujioka. He seeks the meaning of life in remote corners of the city and in the darkest corners and nightmares of the human soul. He accepts the confession of a prisoner, listens to a geisha, and at the same time, in Tokyo at night, memories of people traveling to meet each other are woven into the web. It is a study of human thought that explores memory, it is a film in which a dream intertwines with reality and wisdom.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 51 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, 2009
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Pirjo Honkasalo
- Screenplay
- Pirjo Honkasalo, Miika Pölkki
- Cinematography
- Pirjo Honkasalo, Marita Hällforss
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Director
Pirjo Honkasalo
Pirjo Honkasalo was born in Helsinki in 1947. She entered film school at the age of 17. Her first major directing role, the historical drama film Flame Top (1980), was chosen for the Cannes Official Selection series in 1980. As a documentary maker, she is best known The Trilogy of the Sacred and the Satanic and Satanic. “Scanorama” has screened her films Three Rooms of Melancholia (2004) and Ito – A Diary on an Urban Priest (2009).
