Episode
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Producer(s):
ARTE FRANCE
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Territories:
Worldwide (except Italy).
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Production year:
2019
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Language(s):
German, English, French
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Rights:
TV, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
In the Edo era, Japan refused visitors. The only way to guess how prosperous and flourishing this society and its culture were, are prints. Katsushika Hokusai – the "old drawing madman" as he called himself – introduced the West to his country through a colossal collection of works.
He vividly depicted a preserved Japan: its inhabitants, its forests, its lakes – but above all, its sacred mountain, Mount Fuji. Under this contemplative's accurate and dynamic stroke, the life flows again at the foot of the mountain.