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

Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft (2019)

0h 54m | PG-13

⭐ 9 / 10

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?

Director: Clay Jeter

Studio: Saville Productions

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Nora Atkinson

Nora Atkinson

as Herself

Jon Bruner

Jon Bruner

as Himself

Martin Ford

Martin Ford

as Himself

Shigeo Kiuchi

Shigeo Kiuchi

as Himself

Nahoko Kojima

Nahoko Kojima

as Herself

Neil MacGregor

Neil MacGregor

as Narrator