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Kobayashi Issa
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”.
| Release : | 1941 |
| Rating : | 5.5 |
| Studio : | Toho Eiga Co., Ltd., |
| Crew : | Director of Photography, Director, |
| Cast : | Musei Tokugawa |
| Genre : | Documentary |
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Pretty Good
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
