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

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

54 mins | Documentary | March 19, 2019

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?

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

54 mins | Documentary | March 19, 2019

Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft
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?
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Saville Productions
Original title Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft
Directors Clay Jeter
Writers Dave Bedwood

Cast

Nora Atkinson

as Herself

Jon Bruner

as Himself

Martin Ford

as Himself

Shigeo Kiuchi

as Himself

Nahoko Kojima

as Herself

Neil MacGregor

as Narrator

Hisato Nakahigashi

as Himself

Katsuaki Suganuma

as Himself