Shinkichi Noda Movies
- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 1956
Festivals in Tohoku Part 1
Festivals in Tohoku Part 101956HD
First film in the festival trilogy
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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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- 1949
The Girl of the Valley
The Girl of the Valley01949HD
Documentary directed by Noda Shinkichi
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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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- 1970
Festivals in Tohoku Part 2
Festivals in Tohoku Part 201970HD
Second film in the festival trilogy
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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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- 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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- 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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- 1957
Festivals in Tohoku Part 3
Festivals in Tohoku Part 301957HD
Third film in the festival trilogy
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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
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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- 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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- 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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- 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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