The Works and Days
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) is a 2020 fiction film directed by C.W.It describes life in a farming village, population 47, in the Shiotani basin in the Japanese prefecture of Kyoto.The film, which takes its title from Hesiod's Ancient Greek farmer's almanac Works and Days, is presented in five chapters as it examines the daily routine of Tayoko, an elderly woman and farmer who lives in Shiotani.Mark Peranson for Cinema Scope called the film "an utterly confident, magisterial effort that will stand the test of time."[6] Jordan Cronk, writing for Artforum, described the film as a "comprehensive look at a vanishing way of life...uncommonly poignant and profound.