Gassan
2001, Japanese. Directed by Shinji Sōmai.
Mount Gassan has been a pilgrimage site for millennia, feared and venerated as the “mountain of the dead”. One summer, a man finds refuge in the shrine nestling in a hollow of the mountain. He has a mystical experience in which he wanders on the frontiers between life and death. The actor, Akira Emoto, gives a reading of a unique work, recounting the experience of the errant writer, Atsushi Mori. Using a simple yet sumptuous pictorial treatment, Sômai takes this piece of literature back to the beauty of the natural surroundings that spawned it. This original television documentary is a true cinematic object: a modest pedagogical tool, an artisanal and modern work.
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- 0h 50m
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- Japanese
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- 1 January 2001
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- Atsushi Mori
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Gassan isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2001. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Gassan?
Gassan (2001) was directed by Shinji Sōmai and stars Akira Emoto.