The Great Radish Question and the One-Day Abbot

Synopsis

Too hot to work in the fields, Ikkyū-san and the monks ask for help from Gasaku, a radish farming expert. When Gasaku collapses from heat and borrows the abbot's robes, a visiting monk mistakes Gasaku for the abbot and challenges him to a Zen dialogue. Gasaku's mysterious answer satisfies the visiting monk, leading to a role reversal between the two...