"We went location hunting for Gyudmed Monastery in July 2007. The purpose was to make the preliminary inspection of the shooting environment. The lesson we got the electricity supply was very unstable sank into our minds. So, we had to bring a lot of extra batteries and the cables when we went again there for shooting the film in August." (by Murakami, the Producer)
A meeting with all the shooting staff
Testing. One, two, three… How am I coming through?
Shooting the meditation room
Director Nishizawa and Mr. Tshoko
Interview with the Abbot
Shooting equipment is heavy
The purification ceremony to ward off the evils is about to start!
We made friends with a dog
Hidenobu Hiraoka
Reverend Lobsang Gelek
Kouichi Hiraoka
Reverend Alak Tulku Rinpoche
Lhakpa Tshoko