In the 19th century, a rice merchant encounters a mother who tries to buy rice in exchange for her own child's clothes. The merchant becomes Monk Seishin and relieves the islanders of Miyajima from poverty by digging wells and starting the wooden ladle industry.
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Ryotaro Miyajima Director
First release May 25, 2023
Languages
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 25, 2023
Digital
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