
Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft
Documentary
Overview
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?
Top Cast
Nora Atkinson
Nora Atkinson
Herself
Nora Atkinson
Herself
Jon Bruner
Jon Bruner
Himself
Jon Bruner
Himself
Martin Ford
Martin Ford
Himself
Martin Ford
Himself
Shigeo Kiuchi
Shigeo Kiuchi
Himself
Shigeo Kiuchi
Himself
Nahoko Kojima
Nahoko Kojima
Herself
Nahoko Kojima
Herself
Neil MacGregor
Neil MacGregor
Narrator
Neil MacGregor
Narrator
Hisato Nakahigashi
Hisato Nakahigashi
Himself
Hisato Nakahigashi
Himself
Katsuaki Suganuma
Katsuaki Suganuma
Himself
Katsuaki Suganuma
Himself
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