The New York Times by Daniel M. Gold
Mr. Shirai nicely shuffles in the back stories of several workers, and his shots of sky, sea and early morning landscapes could fit amid Hokusai woodcuts.
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Japan, United States · 2015
1h 30m
Director Erik Shirai
Starring
Genre Documentary
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In the harsh winter of North Japan, a small group of workers at the Yoshida Brewery carry on the 2,000-year-old art of making saké. This beautiful documentary gives viewers a unique glimpse of this process and of the dedication and sacrifice of the artisans who spend their lives creating saké.
The New York Times by Daniel M. Gold
Mr. Shirai nicely shuffles in the back stories of several workers, and his shots of sky, sea and early morning landscapes could fit amid Hokusai woodcuts.
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Making good use of his camera-department experience on Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations and elsewhere, Shirai seeks out the visual appeal of both the brewery's operation.
A richly immersive documentary that plays like an elegy for a time-honored but slowly vanishing way of life.
[Shirai] indulges his subjects' lack of introspection and focuses on the ephemeral beauty of the brewery's centuries-old sake-making method.
The laughs are bumper to bumper!
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