Washington DC: Kampai! For the Love of Sake

Watch the trailer.

Followed by a free sake tasting in the Freer south corridor!

Want to impress friends with your knowledge of premium sake? Join the Freer Sackler Gallery of Art and the Embassy of Japan for a film screening and tasting of Japan’s most prestigious sake brands. We’ll start the evening with the award-winning documentary Kampai! For the Love of Sake, which chronicles the beverage’s production from Japan’s rice paddies to breweries around the world. Kosuke Kuji, the fifth-generation Kuramoto president of Nanbu Bijin Brewery, will be on hand to answer questions about the world of sake. Plus, enhance your tasting experience with tips from two world-renowned Sake Samurai experts.

(Dir.: Mirai Konishi, Japan, 2015, 94 min., DCP, English and Japanese with English subtitles)