The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) (2022)
Overview
An eight-hour fiction shot for a total of twenty-seven weeks, over a period of fourteen months, in a village population forty-seven in the mountains of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is a geographic description of the work and non-work of a farmer. A portrait, over five seasons, of a family, of a terrain, of a soundscape, and of duration itself. A film-as-adaptive-landscape. A georgic in five books.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 1.853 |
Directed By
C.W. Winter
Anders Edström
Crew
Anders Edström
Anders Edström
C.W. Winter
C.W. Winter
C.W. Winter
C.W. Winter
Rob Walker
Wang Yue
Naomi Wright
Helen Sara Jones
C.W. Winter
Anders Edström
C.W. Winter
TOP CAST
Tayoko Shiojiri
Tayoko
Hiroharu Shikata
Hiroharu
Ryo Kase
Ryo Sasaki
Mai Edström
Mai
Kaoru Iwahana
Junji
Jun Tsunoda
Kagawa
Masahiro Motoki
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