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Black Ox (2024) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 8, 2024

Original Title:
黒の牛

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Cinema Inutile
Cineric Creative
Fourier Films
Moolin Films
Nikoniko Film

Production Countries:
Japan | Taiwan

Ratings / Certifications:
KR: ALL  TW: 0+ 

Runtime: 114

Overview from TheMovieDB

In the Meiji Period, in the 19th century Japan, transitioning towards modernization, BLACK OX explores the relationship between man and ox, inspired by the “Ten Ox-Herding Pictures” a series of short poems and illustrations from Zen Buddhism tradition that depict the path to enlightenment and spiritual awakening. BLACK OX follows the life of a Man, a former hunter-gatherer who loses his connection to the gods of nature and to his spirituality in the process of becoming a farmer and becoming “Japanese” during the nation’s period of westernization in the Meiji Period. Transitioning from a life in the mountains to a life in the farm, one day he comes across a Black Ox. He somehow succeeds in leading the reluctant animal back to his home, and begins living with it. The OX becomes his companion in a life of seasons in the attempt to reconnect with nature.

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Associate Producer:
​Yvonne Fu
Aiko Masubuchi

Co-Producer:
Jennifer Jao

Costume Design:
Mitsuru Otsuka

Director:
Tetsuichirô Tsuta

Director of Photography:
Yutaka Aoki

Editor:
Tetsuichirô Tsuta

Music:
Ryuichi Sakamoto

Producer:
Tetsuichirô Tsuta
Shôzô Ichiyama
Eric Nyari
Yin-Yu Huang
Alex C. Lo

Production Design:
Kyōko Heya

Sound Designer:
Chou Cheng
Izumi Matsuno

Sound Recordist:
Iwama Tsubasa
Hibiki Omachi

Writer:
Tetsuichirô Tsuta
Koichi Kubodera
Masayuki Ueda
Keita Kumano

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