An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka
Drama
History
Family
Documentary

An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka

6.0
88 min
2012
Yûji Yamazaki

In-depth look at the twilight years, spent training apprentices, of temple builder Nishioka Tsunekazu, who was called the "devil" as he devoted his life to temple architecture. His insistence on the gargantuan timescale of linking life to the next millennium emerges from people who knew him. Remarkable as well for showing the unknown backstage of temple architecture. Nishioka, known as "the last temple carpenter," handled the major Showa-era repairs of Horyuji temple, and in 1990 was at the scene of the reconstruction work for Yakushi temple.

Top Cast

Tsunekazu Nishioka

Tsunekazu Nishioka

Himself

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Narrator

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