Inochi Tagayasu Hitobito
The Little Sea of Life "Takahata, the home of organic farming"
(c)2008 Sakura Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
(c)2008 Sakura Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
(c)2008 Sakura Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
((c)2008 Sakura Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
(c)2008 Sakura Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
(c)2008 Sakura Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
- Release Date
- June, 28th, 2008
- Running Time
- 100 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- 16mm
- Screen Size
- Standard (1:1.37)
- Sound Processing
- Stereo
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
[ Staff ]
- HARAMURA Masaki ── Screenplay
- FUJIE Kiyoshi ── Cinematography
- KIMURA Mitsuo ── Cinematography
- SHINOMIYA Tetsuo ── Editor
- TOKUNAGA Yukiko ── Music
- YAMAMOTO Gaku ── Narration
[ Production Company ]
Sakura Motion Picture
[ Story ]
In the agricultural community of Takahata, in Yamagata Prefecture, farmers have been practicing organic farming for over 30 years. Concerns about overdependence on pesticides and chemical fertilizer started a movement which was supported by many city consumers who purchased products directly from the Takahata farms and even pitched-in occasionally with the farm work. An increasing number of city people began to visit the village on short stays to get hands-on experience of farming, some who have stayed to start their own farms. This documentary follows three decades of this community and its fertile co-existence with nature, including footage from 20 years ago when a crisis threatened to break up the village.
[ Official Site ]
http://www.sakuraeiga.com/inochi.html
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2006/ the 4th Bunka-cho Film Prizes: Documentary Award
2007/ Ranked 4th: The Kinema Junpo Top 10 cultural Films
[ Contact (International) ]
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