A fictionalised documentary about the great Japanese poet Bashô (1644–1694), the spiritual father of haiku poetry. A monk, portraying the poet, journeys through Japan, following Bashô's journal and writing many of his haikus. A ruminant, poetic, Zen Buddhist observation of nature – a return to the lost paradise of unspoilt nature.
Switzerland
Documentary,
Drama
98 minutes
2019
Richard Dindo
PCT Cinéma & Télévision,
Lea Produktion,
RTS

1954
8.5

1999
7.4

2001
7.5

1957
7.8

2002
7.6

2000
7.1

1981
2.0

2015
6.7

1983
4.3

1999
8.3

2021
4.1

2014
6.4

2022
7.1

2013
7.6

1980
6.1

1986
6.3

2002
6.0
1927
0.0

1953
0.0

2005
6.2