JSNO Japanese Cinema Series Screening: "Ito”

In Partnership with The Shop, Japan Society of New Orleans' Japanese Cinema Series presents a free screening of the Yokohama Satoko film... Ito!

• Date: Wednesday, May 28th 
• Time: Doors open @ 6:30pm, Screening starts @ 7pm
• Place: The Shop at the CAC (3rd Floor), 900 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
• Cost: FREE! Open to the public!

Screening will take place on the third floor. All ages welcome! Tell your friends, and hope to see you there!

Movie Summary: 

A shy country girl chooses a part-time job at a "maid cafe" where she serves customers while dressed up as a maid.  A unique and touching coming-of-age drama.

Ito, a high school student living with her father and grandmother in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, is very introverted and has few friends.  She has not touched her shamisen, an instrument, which has been handed down to her after her mother's death after being passed down from generation to generation.  It is then, on the spur of the moment, that she applied for a part-time job at a "maid cafe" and is successfully hired.  The senior employees there are all full of character and individuality, including an older single mother and an aspiring manga artist.  As Ito is surrounded by the strange yet charming regular customers, she gradually opens herself up to them.  Then, one day, an opportunity arises to perform the shamisen, which she had kept locked up...

A fresh and moving tail about a young woman growing out of her shell and about the preciousness of familial bonds.  The contemporary and specific "maid cafe" culture from Tokyo is juxtaposed with the traditional shamisen music of Aomori giving insight into the uniqueness and breadth of Japanese culture.

This film does depict alcohol consumption.