Cinematic Tokyo Program
TOKYO
Cobblers Hands in Asakusa
Daisuke Ishihara/08:08/Japan/Documentary/2016
JuCo's shoes are bright & pop. These shoes are made by the worn hands of cobblers in Asakusa. We wanted to depict the warmness & personal care of handmade craftwork in the rapid manufacturing metropolis that is Tokyo with the hope that tradition & craftsmanship will continue to flourish here.
Director : Daisuke Ishihara
Daisuke was born in 1981. In 2004, he graduated from the design department at Tokyo Zokei University. After working in a film production company, he become a freelance film writer in 2016 and began making documentary films.
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