The Zen Diary

A widower’s mountain exile meets domestic farce when his editor keeps dropping in bearing wine and unspoken demands he scatter his wife’s ashes. Anchored by two sharp performances, it’s Ozu for the Zoom era—quietly devastating and almost funny.

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Yuji Nakae directed The Zen Diary in 2022. See Yuji Nakae's full filmography, where to start with Yuji Nakae, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yuji Nakae.

The Zen Diary was released in 2022 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 112 minutes.