visvim “A Cycle of Craftsmanship” film by Young Kim
March 16, 2010 ⋅ Uncategorized ⋅ by Eugene Kan ⋅ 47 Views

In a collaboration of a different approach, visvim and creative Young Kim (also known as Suitman) create a film titled “A Cycle of Craftsmanship”. visvim’s penchant for quality and story-telling are no secret as this film focuses on a Kyo-Ningyo (Kyoto Doll) shop and its sixteen generation history. The 400 year-old store owner had begun to face some difficult times. Upholding quality, craftsmanship,a dwindling demand for Kyo-Ningyo had culminated into difficulty running a retail space while maintaining the same level of commitment. Eventually the store owner’s decision to close his store had a profound and introspective effect on visvim founder Hiroki Nakamura which led to the creation of this film. The multi-region DVD is available at F.I.L. stores across Japan and Asia.

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  • X

    chris in a way he did save the store, the grandmother of the store owner still lives above the store in that premisis, and the store energy and layout still retains alot of the original framework. theyre japanese, they wouldnt ruin a doll store for globalising visvim, hn would carry that energy through. the doll store ‘market’ would be well gone in todays age regardles; and to carry on for 16 generations is a feat in itself. now with this dvd at least hf/vis/cubism can show the world what an amazing adventure the life of that doll store would have been. ill definitely be trying to get a copy.

  • X

    chris in a way he did save the store, the grandmother of the store owner still lives above the store in that premisis, and the store energy and layout still retains alot of the original framework. theyre japanese, they wouldnt ruin a doll store for globalising visvim, hn would carry that energy through. the doll store ‘market’ would be well gone in todays age regardles; and to carry on for 16 generations is a feat in itself. now with this dvd at least hf/vis/cubism can show the world what an amazing adventure the life of that doll store would have been. ill definitely be trying to get a copy.

  • X

    chris in a way he did save the store, the grandmother of the store owner still lives above the store in that premisis, and the store energy and layout still retains alot of the original framework. theyre japanese, they wouldnt ruin a doll store for globalising visvim, hn would carry that energy through. the doll store ‘market’ would be well gone in todays age regardles; and to carry on for 16 generations is a feat in itself. now with this dvd at least hf/vis/cubism can show the world what an amazing adventure the life of that doll store would have been. ill definitely be trying to get a copy.

  • X

    chris in a way he did save the store, the grandmother of the store owner still lives above the store in that premisis, and the store energy and layout still retains alot of the original framework. theyre japanese, they wouldnt ruin a doll store for globalising visvim, hn would carry that energy through. the doll store ‘market’ would be well gone in todays age regardles; and to carry on for 16 generations is a feat in itself. now with this dvd at least hf/vis/cubism can show the world what an amazing adventure the life of that doll store would have been. ill definitely be trying to get a copy.

  • X

    chris in a way he did save the store, the grandmother of the store owner still lives above the store in that premisis, and the store energy and layout still retains alot of the original framework. theyre japanese, they wouldnt ruin a doll store for globalising visvim, hn would carry that energy through. the doll store ‘market’ would be well gone in todays age regardles; and to carry on for 16 generations is a feat in itself. now with this dvd at least hf/vis/cubism can show the world what an amazing adventure the life of that doll store would have been. ill definitely be trying to get a copy.

  • anonymous

    you should watch the film first. traditional families of artisans have been dwindling not only due to lack of profits but more crucially because of a lack of manpower. if i’m not wrong (and i’m pretty sure i ain’t) fil kyoto bought over and now occupies the ningo-ten, and the traditional atmosphere of the shop has been retained with a doll greeting you at the entrance. it’s a nice place to visit anyhow.

  • anonymous

    you should watch the film first. traditional families of artisans have been dwindling not only due to lack of profits but more crucially because of a lack of manpower. if i’m not wrong (and i’m pretty sure i ain’t) fil kyoto bought over and now occupies the ningo-ten, and the traditional atmosphere of the shop has been retained with a doll greeting you at the entrance. it’s a nice place to visit anyhow.

  • anonymous

    you should watch the film first. traditional families of artisans have been dwindling not only due to lack of profits but more crucially because of a lack of manpower. if i’m not wrong (and i’m pretty sure i ain’t) fil kyoto bought over and now occupies the ningo-ten, and the traditional atmosphere of the shop has been retained with a doll greeting you at the entrance. it’s a nice place to visit anyhow.

  • anonymous

    you should watch the film first. traditional families of artisans have been dwindling not only due to lack of profits but more crucially because of a lack of manpower. if i’m not wrong (and i’m pretty sure i ain’t) fil kyoto bought over and now occupies the ningo-ten, and the traditional atmosphere of the shop has been retained with a doll greeting you at the entrance. it’s a nice place to visit anyhow.

  • anonymous

    you should watch the film first. traditional families of artisans have been dwindling not only due to lack of profits but more crucially because of a lack of manpower. if i’m not wrong (and i’m pretty sure i ain’t) fil kyoto bought over and now occupies the ningo-ten, and the traditional atmosphere of the shop has been retained with a doll greeting you at the entrance. it’s a nice place to visit anyhow.

  • TA

    Is the film in japanese?

  • TA

    Is the film in japanese?

  • TA

    Is the film in japanese?

  • TA

    Is the film in japanese?

  • TA

    Is the film in japanese?

  • TA

    Is the film in japanese?

  • chris

    the proceeds of this dvd should go the doll store

  • chris

    the proceeds of this dvd should go the doll store

  • chris

    the proceeds of this dvd should go the doll store

  • chris

    the proceeds of this dvd should go the doll store

  • chris

    the proceeds of this dvd should go the doll store

  • chris

    the proceeds of this dvd should go the doll store

  • chris

    the proceeds of this dvd should go the doll store

  • chris

    the proceeds of this dvd should go the doll store

  • chris

    I don’t get it. Why didn’t Hiroki save the store instead of documenting its demise? Very odd. Even if he was too tight to invest his own money surely he could have organised some sort of visvim x fragment x kyo-ningo collab and the beasts would have sold their butts (again) for one.

  • chris

    I don’t get it. Why didn’t Hiroki save the store instead of documenting its demise? Very odd. Even if he was too tight to invest his own money surely he could have organised some sort of visvim x fragment x kyo-ningo collab and the beasts would have sold their butts (again) for one.