Shinkichi Noda Movies
- 1957
Festivals in Tohoku Part 3
Festivals in Tohoku Part 301957HD
Third film in the festival trilogy
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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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- 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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- 1950
The Locomotive Kid
The Locomotive Kid01950HD
Documentary by Noda Shinkichi
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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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- 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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- 1951
Work in Retail
Work in Retail01951HD
Documentary by Noda Shinkichi
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- 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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- 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
A Million Prayers for Amitabha Buddha and the Lion Dance of Yozuku
A Million Prayers for Amitabha Buddha and the Lion Dance of Yozuku01971HD
In Yamakita, a town in the Ashigarakami District of Kanagawa Prefecture, there is a nenbutsu chanting practice associated with the Noanji Soto Zen...
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- 1960
Tying Land and Sea
Tying Land and Sea01960HD
This PR film for Nippon Express features location footage of modernized port facilities from Hokkaido and Honshu to Shikoku and Kyushu and of the...
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- 1970
The Feast of the Gods on a Winter’s Night: Toyama’s Shimotsuki Festival
The Feast of the Gods on a Winter’s Night: Toyama’s Shimotsuki Festival01970HD
The shimotsuki festival has been passed down over the centuries in the community of Shimoguri, located in Kamimura in Nagano Prefecture’s...
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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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- 1970
Festivals in Tohoku Part 2
Festivals in Tohoku Part 201970HD
Second film in the festival trilogy
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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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- 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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- 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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