Red Persimmons

Red Persimmons (2001)

満山紅柿

The ostensible subject of this film is the growing, drying, peeling and packaging of persimmons in the tiny Japanese village of Kaminoyama. The inhabitants 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. The film’s larger subject, however, is the disappearance of Japan’s traditional culture, the end of a centuries-old way of life.

Date of release
2001-10-25
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Shinsuke Ogawa, Peng Xiaolian

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