Bessho Tea Factory

A documentary directed by Hori Teiichi who was a production assistant on the 1994 documentary Otentousama ga Hoshii and has worked in a wide variety of genres from pink films to ordinary theatrical releases The lifestyle and scenery of Osawa a village situated 740 meters up on the mountainous slopes of Hamamatsu citys northern region in Shizuoka Prefecture are the focus of this first installment to the Tenryuku series It straightforwardly captures the tea harvest in late May and the tea processing conducted in a factory while showcasing mist shrouded tea fields drummed by rain as well as the beauty of the glistening green of the tea leaf shoots