Itomichi
ITO
- Release Date
- June, 25th, 2021
- Running Time
- 116 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP,MP4)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- KOMAI Ren ── SOMA Ito
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi ── SOMA Koichi
[ Staff ]
- KOSHIGAYA Osamu ── Original Story
- YOKOHAMA Satoko ── Screenplay
- YANAGIJIMA Katsumi ── Cinematography
- FUSHIMA Shinichi ── Editor
- WATANABE Takuma ── Music
[ Production Company ]
"Ito" Film Partners
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Ark Entertainment
[ Story ]
Drama about a girl who matures through her experiences playing the Tsugaru shamisen. Directed by Yokohama Satoko, known for Bare Essence of Life.
High schooler Ito (Komai Ren) is a misfit with her Tsugaru dialect accent and shy disposition, but she musters the courage to get a job at a maid cafe in Aomori City and meets various interesting personalities. Then an incident results in Ito trying to save the maid cafe from closure with her Tsugaru shamisen, which she once mastered but hasn't touched in ages.
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2021 Osaka Asian Film Festival, Competition, Grand Prix (Best Picture Award), Audience Award
2021 Udine Far East Film Festival
2021 Hawaii International Film Festival
[ Contact (International) ]
SAKODA Shinji
E-mail: shinji.sakoda@gmail.com
KAWAMURA Hideki (Executive Producer)
E-mail: kawamura@ark-ent.com
