The Birth of Saké

2015
1h 30m

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The Birth of Saké is a documentary that reveals the history of passionate sake makers, and what it takes to create a traditional sake at the Yoshida Brewery, a family distillery with more th... Read allThe Birth of Saké is a documentary that reveals the history of passionate sake makers, and what it takes to create a traditional sake at the Yoshida Brewery, a family distillery with more then 140 years of history, in northern Japan.The Birth of Saké is a documentary that reveals the history of passionate sake makers, and what it takes to create a traditional sake at the Yoshida Brewery, a family distillery with more then 140 years of history, in northern Japan.

Director
- Erik Shirai
Writer
- Erik Shirai

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7.2/10

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Director
- Erik Shirai
Writer
- Erik Shirai

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Trivia
The Tedorigawa Brewery is a 144-year old sake brewery in Ishikawa Prefecture.

Soundtracks
Jinsei Iroiro
lyrics by Daizaburô Nakayama & music by Kuranosuke Hamaguchi
published by Nichion

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3/10

A Lot of Pretence, But Not Much Substance

The Birth of Sake is something like the marriage between an art film and home movies...and not in a good way. There are a lot of arty shots, done nicely, good cinematography, but they really add nothing to the story of the making of sake.

The footage that shows sake being made is, to be kind, amateurish. Just like in home movies, where your cousins and aunts are acting a bit strange because the camera is on them, the candid shots are embarrassing and add little to the story of what the title purports to be the theme.

It's a good idea, and there's probably a good movie to be made about the exacting nature of the making of sake, but this is not that movie.