Ito Sisters, The (DVD) Yuri Kochiyama was first performed at Shintō

was first performed at Shintō shrines to entertain the gods and as a prayer for a good harvest

unfulfilled longing

and brothers in arms

Her teachers and family encouraged her to study art at school and later in Japan

Combining heartfelt stories with first-rate scholarship

Ito Sisters, The (DVD) Yuri Kochiyama was first performed at ShintōWritten, directed and produced by Antonia Grace Glenn. Edited and produced by Gregory Pacificar. Original music by Dave Iwataki. Winner of five film festival awards, The Ito Sisters captures the rarely told stories of the earliest Japanese immigrants to the United States and their American born children. The three sisters at the heart of the film Nancy, Lillian and Hedy are memorable and engaging characters, who in their 80s and 90s share stories of