Shinkichi Noda Movies
- 1972
The Lion Dance of Toya
The Lion Dance of Toya01972HD
A folk festival with a three-hundred-year history held at Suwa Shrine in Toya in Sagamihara City’s Midori Ward, Kanagawa Prefecture. Within...
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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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- 1966
The Loneliness of Two Long Distance Runners
The Loneliness of Two Long Distance Runners01966HD
During the marathon event at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a surprise incident occurred when a man jumped onto the course from the side of the road and...
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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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- 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 Matsukawa Incident: Seeing the Truth Through the Wall
The Matsukawa Incident: Seeing the Truth Through the Wall01954HD
A passenger train derailment occurred on August 17, 1949. In the aftermath, it was suspected that Communist sympathizers were responsible and...
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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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- 1970
Festivals in Tohoku Part 2
Festivals in Tohoku Part 201970HD
Second film in the festival trilogy
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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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- 1958
Forgotten Land
Forgotten Land01958HD
A documentary depicting the the impoverished fishing village in Honshu's northernmost region as they struggle in the face of modernization.
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 1958
The New Japanese Geography Film Series: Tokaido, Yesterday and Today
The New Japanese Geography Film Series: Tokaido, Yesterday and Today01958HD
This film presents a contemporary Tokaido completely transformed from the scenery famously portrayed by Utagawa Hiroshige in the Edo Period: a...
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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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- 1954
Technique of Foundry: The Cupola Operation
Technique of Foundry: The Cupola Operation01954HD
Film by Noda Shinkichi
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- 1951
Work in Retail
Work in Retail01951HD
Documentary by Noda Shinkichi
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- 1950
The Locomotive Kid
The Locomotive Kid01950HD
Documentary by Noda Shinkichi
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