Release Date
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Original Release
June 24, 2014
1h 4m
Bessho Tea Factory (2014)
â 8.564 min
Overview
A documentary directed by Hori Teiichi who was a production assistant on the 1994 documentary Otentousama ga Hoshii and has worked in a wide variety of genres from pink films to ordinary theatrical releases. The lifestyle and scenery of Osawa, a village situated 740 meters up on the mountainous slopes of Hamamatsu city's northern region in Shizuoka Prefecture, are the focus of this first installment to the "Tenryu-ku" series. It straightforwardly captures the tea harvest in late May and the tea processing conducted in a factory while showcasing mist shrouded tea fields drummed by rain as well as the beauty of the glistening green of the tea leaf shoots.
Director

Teiichi Hori
Department: Directing
âPopularity: 0.7
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Athéne Cultural Center


