| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Uwe Ochsenknecht (Uwe), Gustav-Peter Wöhler (Gustav), Petra Zieser (Petra), Ulrike Kriener (Ulrike), Heiner Lauterbach (Heiner), Anica Dobra (Anica), Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss. |
| Credits |
Kamera, Hans Karl Hu ; schnitt [editing] Inez Regnier, Arne Sinnwell ; subtitling, C.M.C. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a German motion picture in 2000. |
| Summary |
Uwe is a kitchen salesperson in Munich who likes his sleep and who loves his kids and has a very Western outlook on life. His brother Gustav is a Feng Shui consultant who structures his life around Zen meditation. When Uwe's wife leaves with the kids, Gustav takes him along on a trip to Japan, to the Monzen monastery near Tokyo. But not before getting separated and lost, and sleeping in a tent on a tennis court. Once at the monastery, they experience rising at 4:30 A.M., taking cold baths, cleaning the floor, and the elaborate unwrapping of eating utensils. Despite personal torment and sibling rivalry, the two brothers gradually lose "control" of their lives and learn to live in the present. |
| Contents |
Start -- Uwe alone -- Traveling to Japan -- Lost in Tokyo -- Tokyo street scene -- Meeting a new friend -- Entering the monastery -- Learning the rituals -- Advice from the abbot -- Journey home. |
| Note |
Special features: Synopsis [text feature]; Interview with director [text feature]; Doris Dörrie [filmography, text feature]; Uwe Ochsenknecht [filmography, text feature]; Gustav-Peter Wöhler [filmography, text feature]; Cast [text feature]; Crew [text feature]. |
| Language |
In German, Japanese and English with English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Zen Buddhism -- Japan.
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Germans -- Japan -- Drama.
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Brothers -- Germany -- Drama.
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Enlightenment (Zen Buddhism)
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Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism) -- Japan.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Comedy films.
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| Added Author |
Eichinger, Bernd.
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Dörrie, Doris, 1955-
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Gernstl, Franz X. (Franz Xaver)
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Ochsenknecht, Uwe.
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Wöhler, Gustav-Peter.
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Constantin Film (Firm)
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Megaherz Filmproduktion.
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Capitol Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Enlightenment guaranteed |
| Standard No. |
676594200494 |
| Music No. |
2004D Capitol Entertainment |
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