UKETAMAU

Project: Uketamau — Documentary Film (Yamabushi Training, Japan)

Role: Director & Cinematographer — Ben Ruffell
Subject: Master Fumihiro Hoshino (13th Generation Yamabushi)

Directed and filmed in Japan in 2012 while in residence as an invited artist.

Filmed on location in Yamagata Prefecture, Northern Japan, documenting traditional Shugyō ascetic training with the Yamabushi mountain monks.

Shot on RED Epic in extreme physical conditions as part of the training process.