The program “The Unknown Master of Restoration episode 3” directed and produced by Toshimoto Uchida, won the Visual Technology Award in the Documentary Filming category at the 77th MPTE Awards!
The MPTE Award is a prestigious awards presented by the Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan to recognize outstanding Japanese video engineers. In the documentary filming category of the 77th MPTE Awards, “The Unknown Master of Restoration episode 3” won the “Video Technology Award,” and cameramen Takashi Okano and Masami Suzuki were honored.
『The Unknown Master of Restoration episode 3』
NHK General TV, 44-minute program, first broadcast on Jan 2, 2024
There is a man who goes by the nickname “God Hand.” He is a ceramic restorer, Koji Mayuyama. He has restored over 5,000 treasures, including a 450-year-old black Raku tea bowl handed down in the Sen family of tea ceremony, and a large Imari plate destroyed in an old castle in Vienna. His skills were nurtured by a number of “secret jobs” that cannot be shared. He has restored many damaged items entrusted to him by art professionals from all over the country to the point where no damage can be seen even if you look closely. There are quite a few works by Mayuyama in art museums across the country. This is the third installment of a series that depicts Mayuyama’s unknown superb craftsmanship and his life of trying to pass on the treasures of humanity to future generations! Permission was granted to film the restoration of a Qing Dynasty vase and a Yi Dynasty white porcelain vase worth several billion yen.
[Narration] Min Tanaka[Director/Producer] Toshimoto Uchida