Movies
- 1972
Sagicho in Oiso
Sagicho in Oiso01972HD
This film documents the Sagicho Fire Festival, which takes place in the eight communities constituting Oiso, a town located in the warm climate...
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- 1957
The New Japanese Geography Film Series: The Roofs of Honshu
The New Japanese Geography Film Series: The Roofs of Honshu01957HD
In the mountains of the Chubu region, farmers grow legumes, buckwheat, and millet. Silk cultivation and forestry are also important sources of...
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- 1988
The Procession of Weird and Wonderful Masks
The Procession of Weird and Wonderful Masks01988HD
Noda’s team shot this film for Kanagawa News Film Association in 1972 as a document of annual rites practiced at Goryo Shrine in Kamakura. The...
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- 1953
The Workers of Keihin 1953
The Workers of Keihin 195301953HD
The Yokohama and Kawasaki factory district, industrial heart of Japan. In 1953, a Kanagawa Prefecture May Day (International Workers’ Day)...
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- 1972
Miura Kikuna’s Ameya Dance
Miura Kikuna’s Ameya Dance01972HD
Located on Kanagawa Prefecture’s Miura Peninsula, Kikuna bustles with beachgoers in the summer. In October, the Miura Shirayama Shrine holds...
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- 1991
Good Road for the Living and the Dead: Niino Bon Odori, Festival to Send Off the Gods
Good Road for the Living and the Dead: Niino Bon Odori, Festival to Send Off the Gods101991HD
On the nights of the 14th, 15th, and 16th of August, the obon festival takes over the streets of the Niino community of Nagano Prefecture. At its...
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- 1955
The New Japanese Geography Film Series: Tone River
The New Japanese Geography Film Series: Tone River01955HD
The Tone River flows from the Mikuni Mountains through the Kanto Plain. The film follows its path from its source to Choshi and into the Pacific...
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- 1959
The New Japanese Geography Film Series: Villages of the Northeast
The New Japanese Geography Film Series: Villages of the Northeast01959HD
The farming villages that exist throughout Tohoku are known for their rice production but struggle with cold-weather crop damage. Many who rely on...
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- 1951
Work in Retail
Work in Retail01951HD
Documentary by Noda Shinkichi
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- 1960
June 1960: Rage Against the Security Treaty
June 1960: Rage Against the Security Treaty01960HD
This film documents the surging mass movement against ratification of the new U.S.-Japan Security Treaty in June of 1960. The National Diet...
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- 1954
The Unforgivable Atom Bomb: The Singing Voice of 1954 Japan
The Unforgivable Atom Bomb: The Singing Voice of 1954 Japan01954HD
This film documents a large-scale event organized by the Utagoe (Singing Voice) working class choral and musical movement that took place over the...
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- 1971
Yoshihama’s Kashima Dance, Ashigara’s Sasara Dance
Yoshihama’s Kashima Dance, Ashigara’s Sasara Dance01971HD
The Kashima Dance is performed in the area of Kanagawa Prefecture extending from Odawara City along the western shore of Sagami Bay. This film...
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- 1957
Festivals in Tohoku Part 3
Festivals in Tohoku Part 301957HD
Third film in the festival trilogy
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- 1980
Snow as Flowers: Niino’s Snow Festival
Snow as Flowers: Niino’s Snow Festival01980HD
This film documents a snow festival with a history dating to the 13th century held at Izu Shrine in the Niino community of Anan-cho, a small town...
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- 1984
Mizutani Isao’s Wanderings through Ten Spiritual Worlds
Mizutani Isao’s Wanderings through Ten Spiritual Worlds01984HD
This film documents painter Mizutani Isao’s creative process as he prepares for his solo exhibition “Between Ten Spiritual Worlds:Flies...
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- 1954
Technique of Foundry: The Cupola Operation
Technique of Foundry: The Cupola Operation01954HD
Film by Noda Shinkichi
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- 1956
Festivals in Tohoku Part 1
Festivals in Tohoku Part 101956HD
First film in the festival trilogy
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- 1950
The Locomotive Kid
The Locomotive Kid01950HD
Documentary by Noda Shinkichi
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- 1973
The Horse-running Ritual of Honmoku Shrine
The Horse-running Ritual of Honmoku Shrine01973HD
For four hundred years, the Honmoku Shrine in Yokohama’s Naka Ward has hosted the Oumanagashi Horse Running Festival to ward off evil. The...
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- 1941
農村住宅改善 Renovating Farm Houses
農村住宅改善 Renovating Farm Houses01941HD
Film directed by Noda Shinkichi
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