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

Mar 19, 2019 · 54m
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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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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
Directed by Clay Jeter

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
Saville Productions
Country
GB, US

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