The Tea Ceremony

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2482

Date Released

26 Dec 1976

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tea Ceremony. DESCRIPTION: Closely linked to the Zen religion, the Tea Ceremony has been part of Japanese Culture for four hundred years. Before the Great Buddha at Kamakura a special tea ceremony takes place annually. SHOTLIST: GV Japanese garden. CU tea into cup. MCU woman pours water onto tea. MCU her face. MCU mixing tea with whisk. MCU woman’s face. MS tea passed to another woman, they bow. MCU woman drinking tea. MS another woman drinking team (2 shots). GV The Great Buddha at Kamakura. MCU Mr Kaisen Iguchi (tea master) putting tea into cup. MCU water heater. GV people watching. MS Iguchi ladling water onto tea. MS Buddha’s face. MS Iguchi stirring tea (2 shots). MS Iguchi making tea. MS people in religious costumes watching. MS Iguchi walks towards statue with tea. MS Buddha. MS Iguchi places tea in front of statue. GV Buddha.

Keywords

Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Food and cooking; Ceremonies; Religion and belief

Locations

Japan

Footage sources

Japan

Card file number

76/96

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

174

Story extras:

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