Product Description

Four scenes from the daily work of traditional rural craftsmen. Filmed in Onda at the workshop of Kumao Ohta, and Koishibara at the workshop of Shigeki Sakamoto. Region Free DVD, playable in all regions. No dialogue, 30 minutes, colour. Re-mastered high definition digital transfer. Bonus features include documentary on the filming, and behind-the-scenes slideshows of the potters, their work, and the filming.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #164028 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-15
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Format: NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 30 minutes

Review
Silence, time, patience, concentration; four elements elevate the ritual of art to the transcendent. Their convergence attains here the pinnacle of documentary art. --Vie des Arts

Review
The viewer becomes a witness, not to an investigation of the ways of clay within a primitive society, but rather to the ways of pageantry within the commonplace. --Craft Horizons

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...complex in its direct simplicity, and as a result, extraordinarily stimulating. --Mainichi Daily News