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

  • Rated 9.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2019
  • 54m
  • Documentary

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?

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Director
Clay Jeter
Starring
Nora Atkinson, Jon Bruner, Martin Ford, Shigeo Kiuchi

Cast

  • Nora Atkinson

    Herself

  • Jon Bruner

    Himself

  • Martin Ford

    Himself

  • Shigeo Kiuchi

    Himself

  • Nahoko Kojima

    Herself

  • Neil MacGregor

    Narrator

  • Hisato Nakahigashi

    Himself

  • Katsuaki Suganuma

    Himself

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