Movie trailers that give away key plot points are frequent targets of audience ire. But a poster that telegraphs what may well be the film¡¯s ending is rare.
However, I don¡¯t think that ¡°Ito,¡± Satoko Yokohama¡¯s heartwarming drama set in her native Aomori Prefecture, is much harmed by the poster of its title protagonist: Playing a shamisen in a maid¡¯s costume as she jumps for joy, she seems to be signaling a peppy musical.
Which ¡°Ito¡± is not. Based on ¡°Itomichi,¡± a 2011 novel by Osamu Koshigaya, the film instead tells an often-told story in the seishun eiga (youth film) genre: A socially awkward teenage girl rebels against her family and what might be called her destiny.
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