The Voyage of Bashô

(2019)

Genres: Documentary, Drama

Year: 2019

Runtime: 98 мин

Country: Switzerland

Director: Richard Dindo

Cast: Hiroaki Kawamoto, Higuchi Seitaro

Plot

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.