Kampai! For the Love of Sake

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Kampai! For the Love of Sake

Released Aug 19, 2016

1h 35m

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The exploration of the traditional, complex, and secretive world of sake, often called Japanese rice wine, through the eyes of three distinctive outsiders who have devoted themselves to sake.

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

You wish this portrait of Japan's rice-wine elixir were half as intoxicating as its subject.

Aug 20, 2016

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Andy Webster

New York Times

Crisp if feather-light ...

Aug 18, 2016

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

An occasionally enlightening if long-winded primer that will prove best suited to connoisseurs.

Aug 18, 2016

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Edmund Lee

South China Morning Post

The best way to screen this might well be as an infomercial at sake conventions, where viewers are free to sample minutes-long clips set against an incessant soundtrack of bland, easy-listening music.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jul 19, 2017

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Andrea Chase

Killer Movie Reviews

A paean to more than just rice wine. It is a consideration of tradition in transition and the wondrous possibilities that being open to new ways can engender.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 27, 2016

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Sherilyn Connelly

SF Weekly

Lacks the visceral tastiness often found in other foodie documentaries.

Sep 22, 2016

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12/12/16 Amazon Streaming A good movie but much more about the personalities and back stories of the main individuals and their distilleries and not enough education on sake. I would have liked more information on how the end product is produced, some tips on drinking like warm, room temperature or cool, what some of the best brands that are available in the US are and if there is significant taste difference among the various brands.

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Not very well-made, but given the paucity of movies about sake, I am willing to forgive. Best enjoyed with a bottle of nihonshu.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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The exploration of the traditional, complex, and secretive world of sake, often called Japanese rice wine, through the eyes of three distinctive outsiders who have devoted themselves to sake.

Director: Mirai Konishi
Producer: Chiaki Yanagimoto, Mirai Konishi
Screenwriter: Mirai Konishi
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Wagamama Media
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 19, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 13, 2016
Runtime: 1h 35m

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