Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft

Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft

2019
54m
9.0

9.0/10

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Overview

There is a popular theory that it takes at least 10,000 hours of focused practice for a human to become expert in any field. In Japan, there are craftspeople who go far beyond this to reach a special kind of mastery. These people are called Takumi and they devote 60,000 hours to their craft. That's 8 hours a day, 240 days a year, for over 30 years. It's an almost superhuman level of dedication to a life of repetition and no shortcuts. This film asks the question: Will human craft disappear as artificial intelligence reaches beyond our limits?

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Saville Productions
Production Countries
Japan United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English Japanese

Quick Facts

Release Date March 19, 2019
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt9204136
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Cast

Nora Atkinson
Nora Atkinson

Herself

Jon Bruner
Jon Bruner

Himself

Martin Ford
Martin Ford

Himself

Shigeo Kiuchi
Shigeo Kiuchi

Himself

Nahoko Kojima
Nahoko Kojima

Herself

Neil MacGregor
Neil MacGregor

Narrator

Hisato Nakahigashi
Hisato Nakahigashi

Himself

Katsuaki Suganuma
Katsuaki Suganuma

Himself

Key Crew

Clay Jeter
Director
Rupert Maconick
Producer
Andy Roberts
Executive Producer
Dave Bedwood
Writer
Dave Bedwood
Executive Producer
James Miller
Executive Producer