THE INLAND SEA International Authors and Films

Based on the renowned Donald Richie book of the same name. Lucille Carra’s The Inland Sea is a wonderfully vivid recreation of Richie’s journey thirty years ago through the Inland Sea region of Japan. where he was intent on experiencing the disappearing traditions of old Japan Gracefully directed by Carra. The Inland Sea adapts the author’s travel memoirs to the screen while remaining true to the beauty he describes. Richie narrates his work to the glittering images captured by cinematographer Hiro Narita (Never Cry WolO Like the Buddhist priest who collects Frank Sinatra records, or the island man who adores Audrey Hepburn movies. The Inland Sea is poetic in its cultural understanding