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The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)

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"The first rule in farming is that you are never to hope for an easy way. The land demands your effort." The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin), the second dramatic feature from directors C.W. Winter & Anders Edström, is 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 look at the work and non-work of a farmer. A description, over five seasons, of a family, of a terrain, of a sound space, and of a passage of time. A georgic in five books.

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Nicolas Rapold New York Times 07/15/2021
The movie reflects upon how people organize experience through our memories and our actions, but the filmmakers also have a self-awareness about their steadfast methods. Go to Full Review Ryan Swen Taipei Mansions Sep 5
At such a length, what is intended as a fictionalized recreation of the previous year of a woman’s life metamorphosizes into a near-documentary telling of the processes of living and cultivating. Go to Full Review Glenn Heath Jr. The Film Stage 07/16/2021
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The Works and Days is by no means an easy thing to endure, but doing so brings you closer to understanding what it might mean to finally be at peace. Go to Full Review Paul Attard In Review Online 07/16/2021
Winter and Edström have asked for eight hours from us to ruminate on life's impermanence and the rewards for those willing to give their time are more than satisfying. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Anders Edström

Director

C.W. Winter

Director

Tayoko Shiojiri

Tayoko

Hiroharu Shikata

Hiroharu

Ryô Kase

Ryo Sasaki

Mai Edström

Mai
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Synopsis "The first rule in farming is that you are never to hope for an easy way. The land demands your effort." The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin), the second dramatic feature from directors C.W. Winter & Anders Edström, is 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 look at the work and non-work of a farmer. A description, over five seasons, of a family, of a terrain, of a sound space, and of a passage of time. A georgic in five books.
Director
Anders Edström, C.W. Winter
Producer
Anders Edström, Jimmy Wang Yu
Screenwriter
C.W. Winter, Tayoko Shiojiri
Distributor
Grasshopper Film
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 16, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 1, 2021
Runtime
8h 38m