# The Zen Diary (2022)

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**Original title**: *土を喰らう十二ヵ月*
**Runtime**: 112 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Yuji Nakae
**Written by**: Yuji Nakae
**Starring**: Kenji Sawada, Takako Matsu, Naomi Nishida, Toshinori Omi, Fumi Dan, Shōhei Hino

> *To eat is to live. To eat is to love, that's why food tastes the best when eaten together.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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