May 14, 1957
32 min
Full-HD

Ikebana (1957)

The history and art of ikebana, a centuries old Japanese art of flower arrangement and a look inside the Sogetsu School of Ikebana, where the director's father Sofu Teshigahara worked as the grand master of the school.

Category

Documentary

Country

Japan

Companies

Seinen Productions

Tomoko Naraoka

Narrator

Sofu Teshigahara

Himself

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