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”.
Fumio Kamei
Director
Naqoyqatsi61%
Powaqqatsi72%
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library64%
The U.S. vs. John Lennon67%
Heart of a Dog65%
Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land72%
McQueen74%
I Want to Return Return Return67%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Brother's Keeper70%
Champs63%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Extremis69%
宮﨑駿と青サギと… ～「君たちはどう生きるか」への道～78%
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster69%
Fuck64%
Sherman's March67%
Little Miss Sumo61%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
