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Title Arukihenro : walking pilgrims / a Tiger Toda film ; produced, directed and edited by Tommi Mendel
Published Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2008, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (1 streaming video (73 min.))
Series Ethnographic video online
Summary For a great number of people the main motive for undertaking a pilgrimage consists in the journey itself. This constant quest seems to be a central need of each human being. This documentary focuses on this need in relation to the lives of today's Japanese wandering pilgrims. It shows their motives, aims and desires as they travel along the 88 Temples' Pilgrimage that circles the Japanese island of Shikoku
Notes Closed captioning in English
In Japanese with English subtitles
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Subject Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Japan -- Shikoku Region
Temples -- Japan -- Shikoku Region
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
Temples
Shikoku Region (Japan) -- Religious life and customs
Japan -- Shikoku Region
Genre/Form documentary film.
Documentary films
Ethnographic films
Nonfiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Form Streaming video
Author Mendel, Tommi
Toda, Atsuko
Osada, Kōichi, 1943-
Tiger Toda Productions.
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other Titles Walking pilgrims