Masayume
After her mother’s death, Nao retreats to a Zen temple to wrestle with grief.Blending family archives, hand-drawn animation and performance art, this seductively meditative documentary explores suffering, and the gentle art of transcending it.
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After her mother’s death, Nao retreats to a Zen temple to wrestle with grief. Blending family archives, hand-drawn animation and performance art, this seductively meditative documentary explores suffering, and the gentle art of transcending it.
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- Release date
- Feb 16, 2026
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
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- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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