Bonsai, origami and sushi dance to hip-hop for beer launch

Ad Nut recommends that you watch this one full-screen. It starts a bit slow, but escalates quickly and delivers some eye-popping moments. 

Steinlager Tokyo Dry is a new beer that takes "the best of New Zealand’s raw ingredients and combines them with Japanese brewing mastery", according to parent company Lion. The spot takes dancers from a New Zealand hip-hop group called The Bradas and morphs them, using motion capture, into personifications of Japanese cultural elements including origami, sumo, bonsai, sushi, pottery, calligraphy, and more.

Here's a playlist that includes various versions of the film and a glimpse behind the scenes.

Ad Nut thinks the bonsai trees look quite inviting.  

CREDITS

Client
National Marketing Director: Craig Baldie
Category Marketing Director – Beer: Ben Wheeler
Marketing Manager – Premium and Craft Beer: Michael Taylor
Brand Manager – Premium and Craft Beer: Benafsha Hajati
Creative: DDB
Chief Creative Officer: Damon Stapleton
Executive Creative Director: Shane Bradnick
Creative Director: James Conner
Creative Director: Christie Cooper
Lead Business Partner: Scott Wallace
Senior Business Director: Jenny Travers
Business Manager: Michael Doolan
Planning Director: Lucinda Sherborne, Rupert Price
Planner: Jack Murphy
Senior TV Producer: Rosie Grayson
Agency Producer: Andy Robilliard
Production Company: Goodoil
Executive Producer: Sam Long
Production Producer: Llew Griffiths
Director: Joel Kefali
DOP: Lachlan Milne
Tokyo Service Company: Dictionary Films
Post Production Company: The Palace
Online: Mat Ellin
Offline Editor: Levi Beamish
Soundtrack/composer/Music: Cam Ballantyne, Beatworms.
Sound Mix: Jon Cooper
Media: Zenith Optimedia
General Manager: Stuart Rutherford
Business Manager: Kate Gamble
PR: PR Shop
Managing Director – Pippa Lekner
Digital: Young and Shand

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