The unambitious student Sōsuke Aoyama is working for the first time to set up a sumi-e exhibition, a presentation of traditional ink paintings on a temple site. One painting strikes him to the core. The renowned master of ink painting, Kozan Shinoda, who oversees the exhibition, spontaneously invites him to become his disciple and introduces him to the sensitive, emotional world of this art form. Will Sōsuke find his way to the essence of this art form and ultimately to himself? 

The film provides an insight into the art form of sumi-e and the traditional intergenerational relationship between master and student that is often found in traditional art disciplines in Japan.

The Japanese-German Centre Berlin is pleased to present this film as part of the "Japanese Film Festival Special World Tour 2024". This festival is a new edition of the Japan Film Festival JFF initiated by the Japan Foundation and presents a selection of new Japanese films made in the past three years on screens in Germany, Mexico, Peru and Spain. Two films in this series will be shown at the Japanese-German Centre Berlin, of which this is the first. The second film will be shown as part of Open Monday on 4 March 2024.

Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Admission: 5 pm
Admission free, without registration