Hakusho: Stories of People and Rice

Created for ‘KOME: The Art of Rice’; exhibition at 21_21 Design Sight, Hakusho: The Story of Rice is a four-part documentary that takes the humble staple food as its central subject matter. From the wet fields of a rice farmer in Chiba to the white winter of Ishikawa where a community welcomes Ta-no-Kami (the deity of the rice harvest), the film offers rare glimpses into a cultural landscape that has arisen from the life-giving grain.