Ahsen Nadeem climbs a mountain in search of faith and ice cream at SXSW Film.
A whim of intrigue was all it took to send documentarian Ahsen Nadeem across the globe and up a mountain to makeNadeem’s directorial debut is a journey of self-discovery through filmmaking. A restless night on the Internet led him to a highly secretive Japanese Buddhist monastery, home to a monk on a seven-year journey of walking a marathon each night to meet one of two fates: die, or become a living Buddha.
I was fascinated with Kamahori, their spiritual leader, who was embarking on a journey that only one monk gets chosen for every twenty years. I wanted to understand what drove him to do this. There's very few mysteries left in life. In the age of the Internet, everything is so easily accessible, so to encounter such secrecy was part of the lore.
I never expected to make such an earnest film. It's rare in a movie for the filmmaker to so profoundly have their lives changed by filming their subjects. There’s so much tenderness in the film, not only in my relationship with my parents but also in the friendship between Ryushin and me. Ryushin just watched the movie last night, and he said it made him realize how important it is just to be true to yourself.
Ryushin’s very open and vulnerable, but not everyone knows he’s into heavy metal. We’re all projecting a certain idealized side of ourselves to certain audiences—for me it’s to my parents, and for the monks it’s to their followers. I hope the film will help people realize that.: When did you realize that Ryushin would be more than just a subject, that he’d play a significant role in your life?: Going to a Slayer concert with him.
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