Overview - Kobayashi Issa
Date of release
Budget
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Spoken Languages
- 日本語
Production companies
Name: Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.
Production country Japan
Overview
The film uses the haiku of early 19th century poet Kobayashi Issa as its motif to portray the lives of farmers residing deep in the mountains of Nagano. Commissioned by the Nagano Prefectural Department of Tourism, the movie became instead, in the hands of Kamei, a depiction, sometimes ironic, of poverty and the harsh life of the inhabitants of the area. The short movie is often considered Japan’s first “poetic documentary”.
Cast
Name: Musei Tokugawa
Character: Narrator (voice)
Popularity: 0.1109
