This documentary was filmed at Maki, a small commune at the foot of Japan’s Northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture. Maki is deep in the mountains, inaccessible to vehicles. The residents have to walk a narrow mountain path for 90 minutes to get in or out. Various kinds of people with varying mental and physical problems live alongside their healthy fellows in a grand two storied thatched house. They eke out a living by growing their own food and bartering for essential items.
Directed by Seiichi Motohashi
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Related
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
The Class of ‘92
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
McQueen
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
A Toxic Love Story
Fuck
To Kill a Tiger
Seven Up!
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Naqoyqatsi
Directed by John Ford
Come See Me in the Good Light
The U.S. vs. John Lennon