{"product_id":"the-inland-sea-988","title":"The Inland Sea (#988)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"left\" data-sticky-column-left=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\" data-sticky-left-content-end=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__details_contain_a\" data-segment-analtyics-tracking=\"\" data-product-id=\"2361\" data-product-sku=\"\" data-product-name=\"The Inland Sea\" data-product-image-url=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/criterion-production\/films\/9a029e3b8977bb7f3cb8290bfbd4f9a4\/vXIQATcZON4HV9vCqpFDM8ZTMrR42c_large.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan’s Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional way of life as well as his own journey of self-discovery. Twenty years later, filmmaker Lucille Carra undertook a parallel trip inspired by Richie’s by-then-classic book, capturing images of hushed beauty and meeting people who still carried on the fading customs that Richie had observed. Interspersed with surprising detours—visits to a Frank Sinatra–loving monk, a leper colony, an ersatz temple of plywood and plaster—and woven together by Richie’s narration as well as a score by celebrated composer Toru Takemitsu,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Inland Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an eye-opening voyage and a profound meditation on what it means to be a foreigner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharetools\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"header_lvl2 quillgray\"\u003eShare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"shareList\" data-share-link=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/films\/28747-the-inland-sea\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/films\/28747-the-inland-sea#\" class=\"ga-share-facebook\" data-share-type=\"facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"\u003e\u003csvg width=\"8\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 16\" role=\"img\" aria-labelledby=\"share_fb\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M4.964 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