fotografritz

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   by fotografritz 12y ago

   thanks for the interest :) on my vimeo page, but there's only one other story like it, that I've done so far: https://vimeo.com/92453765 I got some other short docs, but most of them only in German and not on the
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   by fotografritz 12y ago

   I honestly didn't want to be it negative, but here's the thing: the story is what it is. I would loved for it to be more positive, but the state I interviewed them in, everything seemed gloomy. There's even a line from the fa
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   by fotografritz 12y ago

   If I recall correctly, the grandfather of the current Zengoro was adopted. So since then, it's pretty much straight. He showed me the pictures of his family. To his grandmother, who was "originally" Houshi, if you will, but
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   by fotografritz 12y ago

   I'd rather you not.
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   by fotografritz 12y ago

   tell me about it... after the interviews, which were the first things I shot, I realized the tremendous weight of the millenia. The work on "Houshi" really brought me to my mental and physical limitations. I shot for hours everyda
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   by fotografritz 12y ago

   I want to write an extended story about the whole thing and offer that to several media along with the video, just like I did previously with another short doc from Japan. So I kinda can't and won't give everything away under the
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   by fotografritz 12y ago

   it was the best ryokan experience I ever had, albeit even more "japanese" than I expected. For example, every room has a personal staff, that does everything for you. I had dinner in my room, which he brought to me, and while eati
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   by fotografritz 12y ago

   I'm the guy who made this video, so I want adress some questions from this thread. Really interesting discussion by the way, I'm happy so many people take an interest in this film! Not really family/adoption: To be honest, th