The Birth of Saké (2015)
- Original title
- 酒の誕生
- Directed by
- Erik Shirai
- Genre
- documentary film, biographical film, family film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 42 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows workers through a winter season at a 144-year-old sake brewery in Japan. It shows their careful, traditional process of making sake by hand.
slow-pacedobservationalreverentintimatepatientmeditativeearthyfocused
What happens
The Birth of Saké is a 2015 documentary film about the Tedorigawa Brewery, a then-144-year old sake brewery in Ishikawa Prefecture founded in 1870. The Birth of Saké documents the painstaking process of traditional, craft saké brewing that lasts throughout the winter. Directed by Erik Shirai, a cinematographer for No Reservations, the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and also went on to win Best Documentary at the Bend Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Ashland Film Festival. A shortened 83 minute version of the film was broadcast September 5, 2016 on PBS POV (TV series) as Episode 6 of Season 29. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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