Manzan Benigaki

Using film footage and composition notes left by Shinsuke OGAWA. Chinese director PENG shot additional film and completed the work, which depicts the manufacturing process of the Kaminoyama red persimmon. It also features fascinating portraits of the people who invent and make tools necessary for persimmon culture, and the spiel of the old women who run the persimmon trade. It illustrates the world of this small but strangely charming fruit.