Bibliograph

Red persimmons, Manzan benigaki, the Benigaki Documentary Film Production Committee ; directors, Ogawa Shinsuke, Peng Xiaolian

Type

Label

Red persimmons, Manzan benigaki, the Benigaki Documentary Film Production Committee ; directors, Ogawa Shinsuke, Peng Xiaolian

Language

jpn

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Red persimmons

Medium

videorecording DVD

Responsibility statement

the Benigaki Documentary Film Production Committee ; directors, Ogawa Shinsuke, Peng Xiaolian

Runtime

Sub title

Manzan benigaki

Summary

Colorfully and elegantly depicts the manufacturing process of the Kaminoyama red persimmon. The inhabitants of the tiny Japanese village of Kaminoyama explain that it is the perfect combination of earth, wind and rain that makes their village's persimmons superior to those grown anywhere else, including the village just a few miles away. Ogawa's larger subject, however, is to memorialize a very special part of Japanese culture and to share its beauty with us. The forces of modernization are slowly bringing to an end Japan's traditional culture, the end of a centuries-old way of life

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Manzan benigakiVillage of red kakis

Classification