Red Persimmons

Red Persimmons 2001 Directed by Shinsuke Ogawa , Peng Xiaolian 満山紅柿

The ostensible subject of this film is the growing, drying, peeling and packaging of persimmons in the tiny Japanese village of Kaminoyama. The inhabitants explain that it is the perfect combination of earth, wind and rain that makes their village’s persimmons superior to those grown anywhere else, including the village just a few miles away. The film’s larger subject, however, is the disappearance of Japan’s traditional culture, the end of a centuries-old way of life.

Country Japan

Production Country Japan

Language Japanese

Spoken Language Japanese

Gnere Documentary

Release Date 25 October 2001

90 mins