Want to become an expert in your craft? Lexus says that in Japan you aren't considered a master until you've spent 60,000 hours on your craft. That's 7,500 workdays or as Lexus puts it 30 years of 250-day years. So to show off what it takes to become Takumi, they're releasing a 60,000 hour documentary.
Takumi: A 60,000-hour story on the survival of human craft tells the story of four Japanese artisans who are working at becoming Takumi. The highest level of skill at their task. It follows four craftspersons. A Michelin-starred chef, a paper-cutting artist, a carpenter for one of the oldest construction companies in the world, and, of course, an automotive craftsman.
The documentary was made by Clay Jeter, director of Chef's Table. It will stream on Amazon Prime Video. Don't worry, though, there will be a normal-length version of the story that explores more than just devoting your life to your craft. It also looks at how handcrafting will survive in an increasingly automated and mechanical world.
You can watch the 54-minute version or a 60,000-hour version that "loops scenes of each Takumi’s essential skills of their craft repeated over and over again to highlight the hours, days and years of practice involved."
The documentary goes live March 19, 2019.
