Films with: Itō, Motohiko

Ichiban utsukushiku the Most beautiful /

Presents the story of a group of girls who work in a precision-optical-instruments factory, making lenses, binoculars, etc., during wartime in Japan. This was filmed in a real factory with real workers which gives the movie a documentary flavor.

DVD 8601

Tora no o o fumu otokotachi 1945-nen 9-gatsu seisaku = The men who tread on the tiger's tail /

Derives from Noh and Kabuki plays depicting a famous twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a small group of samurai cross enemy territory disguised as monks and must persuade border guards to let them through.

DVD 8603

Zoku Sugata Sanshirō 1945-nen seisaku = Sanshiro Sugata, part 2 /

Story of a handsome bumptious young man who wishes to learn judo as a path to philosophical knowledge, rather than a mere set of self-defense techniques.

DVD 8602