The Taste of Water

A road-movie structure divided into five chapters – covering sake’s fundamentals, its history, its relationship with Japanese culture, the pressures the industry now faces, and its potential futures. Through encounters with brewers, historians, artists, distributors, and cultural experts across Japan, the documentary builds its inquiry around a single question: what does it mean for a great sake to taste like water?

• Runtime: 1h 36min
• Production Company: Toonz Media Group
• Production Country: Japan, India
• Director: Riki Ohkanda