Product Description The ostensible subject of this remarkably beautiful film is the growing, drying, peeling and packaging of persimmons in the tiny Japanese village of Kaminoyama. The inhabitants explain that it is the perfect combination of earth, wind and rain that makes their village's persimmons superior to those grown anywhere else, including the village just a few miles away. The film's larger subject, however, is the disappearance of Japan's traditional culture, the end of a centuries-old way of life. ***************** Red Persimmons is included on the same DVD as A Visit to Ogawa Productions Review Elegant as a print by Hokusai... A moving revelation of a microcosm soon to vanish. --The Village VoiceA moving, wistful look at the effulgent, eternal cycle of life and death. --Film Journal InternationalPart living relic, part social study, RED PERSIMMONS regards its endearing subjects with respect and humility. --Time Out