Summary The film depicts the life of the prolific eighteenth and nineteenth century Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa. When he was a teenager he was kicked out by his stepmother from his hometown of Nagano and sent to Edo. Until his return to his hometown more than three decades later he suffered poverty and homelessness and barely subsisted doing odd jobs and composing poetry. He eventually married and sired four children. He would lose his entire family. View more details
Directed : Mitsunobu Ozaki
Written : Shin'ichi Ichikawa Seiko Tanabe
Stars : Yuriko Ishida Etsuko Ichihara Rino Katase Masakazu Azuhata
Genres : Drama Biography
Release date : Dec 31, 2001
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : NHK
Summary The film depicts the life of the prolific eighteenth and nineteenth century Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa. When he was a teenager he was kicked out by his stepmother from his hometown of Nagano and sent to Edo. Until his return to his hometown more than three decades later he suffered poverty and homelessness and barely subsisted doing odd jobs and composing poetry. He eventually married and sired four children. He would lose his entire family. View more details
Genres : Drama Biography
Release date : Dec 31, 2001
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : NHK
