The Last Rice Farmer is a document of the daily labor and lives of three elderly rice farmers in Tainan County’s Houbi Township, in the heart of... More

The Last Rice Farmer is a document of the daily labor and lives of three elderly rice farmers in Tainan County’s Houbi Township, in the heart of Taiwan’s rice-producing country. For a half century each, this is how they have passed their days, shedding a bead of sweat to match each grain of rice. Observing their toil at work and the way they go about their lives allows us to appreciate the wisdom that imbues their lives, and the fascinating dynamics of their relationships with each other, with animals, the gods, the weather, and the land. Between the vastness of the heavens and the joys and sorrows of the earth and its inhabitants, each farmer fulfills his unique life’s destiny. Close