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 Japans first poetic documentary