Name: A Shamanic Medium of Tsugaru
Director: Yasuhiro Omori
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1992-01-01

Question 1

What is A Shamanic Medium of Tsugaru about?

Accepted Answer

Ms. Taki Kudo says she has been able to connect with deities since she was six or seven years old. Even in modern Japan, mediums like Ms. Kudo are in demand, providing such traditional services as expelling a curse and invoking spirits for health and long life. At twice-annual rituals at Mt. Osore-Zan, she and other female spirit mediums allow the dead to speak through them, relaying insight, comfort and warnings from the deceased to their loved ones. Another important duty is caring for the mulberry-wood Oshirasama puppets representing individual souls. Ms. Kudo dresses and stores the puppets and performs the lively rites in which spirits come down from the mountain in order to protect and purify the people of her village - the deities are cajoled by offerings of food, lights, money and candy.

Question 2

Who appears in A Shamanic Medium of Tsugaru?

Accepted Answer

Cast info is available on the title page.

Question 3

What genre is A Shamanic Medium of Tsugaru?

Accepted Answer

A Shamanic Medium of Tsugaru is listed under Documentary.

Question 4

How long is A Shamanic Medium of Tsugaru?

Accepted Answer

A Shamanic Medium of Tsugaru has a runtime of 93 minutes.

Question 5

What year was A Shamanic Medium of Tsugaru released?

Accepted Answer

A Shamanic Medium of Tsugaru was released in 1992.