Shinkichi Noda Movies
- 1987
Sarushima Island with a Fort: Ruins and Graffiti
Sarushima Island with a Fort: Ruins and Graffiti01987HD
Sarushima Island lies off the coast of Yokosuka Port. In the late Edo Period the island was outfitted with artillery and in the Meiji period a fort...
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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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- 1956
Country Life under Snow
Country Life under Snow01956HD
Depiction of the harsh life in a rural town in Yamagata.
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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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- 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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- 1957
Festivals in Tohoku Part 3
Festivals in Tohoku Part 301957HD
Third film in the festival trilogy
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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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- 1960
Marine Snow: The Origin of Oil
Marine Snow: The Origin of Oil01960HD
This film takes us into the microscopic world of the plankton that mass in the oceans. Their bodies ultimately turn to marine snow and accumulate...
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- 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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- 1951
Work in Retail
Work in Retail01951HD
Documentary by Noda Shinkichi
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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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- 1985
The Mikagura Festival of Tomiyama Village
The Mikagura Festival of Tomiyama Village01985HD
Located in the northeastern corner of Aichi Prefecture, Tomiyama Village has suffered from a shrinking population since the construction of Sakuma...
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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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- 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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- 1949
The Girl of the Valley
The Girl of the Valley01949HD
Documentary directed by Noda Shinkichi
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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
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
Technique of Foundry: The Cupola Operation
Technique of Foundry: The Cupola Operation01954HD
Film by Noda Shinkichi
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