Documentary Films

Japanese Collection

Hokkaido 北海道

*** Ainu アイヌ ***

The Ainu Bear Ceremony [videorecording] English English
Royal Anthropological Institute production with the assistance of the Nuffield Foundation and Edinburgh Film Productions ; a film by N.G. Munro.
London : Royal Anthropological Institute, [199-?]
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 13152 VHS

Iyomante : kumaokuri : Hokkaido Biratoricho Nibutani / イヨマンテ : 熊おくり : 北海道平取町二風谷 Japanese
Kikaku, seisaku Minzoku Bunka Eizo Kenkyujo, Kabushiki Kaisha Kinokuniya Shoten, Kabushiki Kaisha Poruke ; sokantoku, kyakuhon Himeno Tadayoshi ; sogo purodusu Koizumi Shukichi.
企画・制作民俗文化映像研究所, 株式会社紀伊國屋書店, 株式会社ポルケ ; 総監督・脚本姫田忠義 ; 総合プロデュース小泉修吉.
Tokyo : Kinokuniya Shoten, c2004. 東京 : 紀伊國屋書店, c2004.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 18151 VHS

*** Internet Resources on Iyomante:

アイヌ生活文化再現マニュアル，財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構

http://www.frpac.or.jp/kodomo/html/bunka/dougu/dougu.html Japanese
http://www.frpac.or.jp/kodomo/flash/bunka/ryouri/ryouri.html Japanese

Above two websites by the Foundation for Research and Promotion of Ainu Culture contain images of tools and foods used during Iomante ceremony.

『イヨマンテ─熊の霊送り─報告書』1990年，アイヌ民族博物館発行
http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/iyomante/iyomante.html Japanese
http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/english/english.html English

The Ainu Museum has a website with a detailed report on Iyomante ceremony in Japanese and a brief description of the ceremony in English.

*** Books on Iyomante in the library:

Kuma to fukuro no iomante : ainu no minzoku kokogaku / クマとフクロウのイオマンテ : アイヌの民族考古学 Japanese
Udagawa, Hiroshi hen. 宇田川洋編
Tokyo : Doseisha, 2004. 東京 : 同成社, 2004.
Main Japanese Collection DS832 .K86 2004

Ainu no kekkonshiki : Hokkaido Biratoricho Nibutani / アイヌの結婚式 : 北海道平取町二風谷 Japanese
Kikaku, seisaku Minzoku Bunka Eizo Kenkyujo, Kabushiki Kaisha Kinokuniya Shoten, Kabushiki Kaisha Poruke ; sokantoku, kyakuhon Himeno Tadayoshi ; sogo purodusu Koizumi Shukichi.
企画・制作民俗文化映像研究所, 株式会社紀伊國屋書店, 株式会社ポルケ ; 総監督・脚本姫田忠義 ; 総合プロデュース小泉修吉.
Tokyo : Kinokuniya Shoten, c2003. 東京 : 紀伊國屋書店, c2003.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 18145 VHS

Tohoku 東北

*** Iwate-ken 岩手県 ***

Hayachine no fu [videorecording] / 早池峰の賦 [videorecording] Japanese
Seisaku Kudo Mitsuru ; enshutsu Haneda Sumiko. 製作工藤充 ; 演出羽田澄子.
Tokyo : Jiyu Kobo, 1982. 東京 : 自由工房, 1982.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 16690 VHS

*** For more information on Hayachine Kagura, check the following books:

The gods come dancing : a study of the Japanese ritual dance of Yamabushi Kagura English

Averbuch, Irit.
Ithaca, N.Y. : East Asia Program, Cornell University, c1995.
MAIN Library BL2224.25.K3 A94 1995

The folk performing arts : traditional culture in contemporary Japan English
Thornbury, Barbara E.
Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997.
MAIN Library PN2924 .T526 1997

Waga michinoku kyodo geino : Hayachine kagura, shishiodori, onikenbai / わがみちのく郷土芸能 : 早池峰神楽・鹿踊・鬼剣舞 Japanese
Tsubuhari, Osamu. 粒針修.
Tokyo : Kinseisha, 1999. 東京 : 錦正社, 1999.
MAIN Japanese Collection GV1696.I92 T78 1999

*** Yamagata-ken 山形県 ***

Manzan Benigaki [video recording] : Kaminoyama kaki to hito to no yukikai = Red persimmons / 満山紅柿 [video recording] : 上山柿と人とのゆきかい Japanese
Seisaku, Fuseya Hiroo, Ogawa Shinsuke ; kantoku, Ogawa Shinsuke, Peng Xiaolian ; kyodo seisaku oyobi seisaku jimu Shiraishi Yoko ; kyodo seisaku Puranetto Eiga Shiryo Toshokan ; seiseku Kaminoyama Meisan Benihoshigaki no Kiroku Eiga o Tsukuru Kai.
製作伏屋博雄, 小川プロダクション ; 監督小川紳介, 彭小蓮 ; 共同製作および製作事務白石洋子 ; 共同製作プラネット映画資料図書館 ; 製作, 上山名産紅干柿の記録映画を作る会.
Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 2001.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 17349 VHS

*** Fukuyshima-ken 福島県 ***

Okuaizu no kijishi : Fukushima-ken Tajima-cho Hariu / 奥会津の木地師 : 福島県田島町針生 Japanese
Kikaku, seisaku Minzoku Bunka Eizo Kenkyujo, Kabushiki Kaisha Kinokuniya Shoten, Kabushiki Kaisha Poruke ; sokantoku, kyakuhon Himeno Tadayoshi ; sogo purodusu Koizumi Shukichi. 企画・制作民俗文化映像研究所, 株式会社紀伊國屋書店, 株式会社ポルケ ; 総監督・脚本姫田忠義 ; 総合プロデュース小泉修吉.
Tokyo : Kinokuniya Shoten, c2003. 東京 : 紀伊國屋書店, c2003.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 18148 VHS

*** Books on kijishi in the library:

Aizu no kijishi / 会津の木地師 Japanese
Takizawa, Hiroyuki. 滝沢洋之.
Aizuwakamatsu-shi : Rekishi Shunjushuppan, 2001. 会津若松市 : 歴史春秋出版， 2001.
MAIN Japanese Collection GT3490 .T35 2001

Kijishi hikari to kage : mo hitotsu no mori no bunka / 木地師光と影 : もう一つの森の文化 Japanese
Nihon Kijishi Gakkai hen ; daihyo henchosha Narita Juichiro. 日本木地師学会編 ; 代表編著者成田壽一郎.
東京 : 牧野出版, 1997.
MAIN Japanese collection HD8039.W62 J297 1997

Kanto 関東

*** Tokyo 東京都 ***

Neighborhood Tokyo [videorecording] English
Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, c2004.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 19278 VHS

Neighborhood Tokyo English
Bestor, Theodore C.
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1989.
MAIN Library HN730.T65 B47 1989

Kinki 近畿

*** Mie-ken 三重県 ***

Neyako : umi kara umareta kazoku / 寝屋子 : 海から生まれた家族 Japanese
Kikaku, seisaku Minzoku Bunka Eizo Kenkyujo, Kabushiki Kaisha Kinokuniya Shoten, Kabushiki Kaisha Poruke ; sokantoku, kyakuhon Himeno Tadayoshi ; sogo purodusu Koizumi Shukichi. / 企画・制作民俗文化映像研究所, 株式会社紀伊國屋書店, 株式会社ポルケ ; 総監督・脚本姫田忠義 ; 総合プロデュース小泉修吉.
Tokyo : Kinokuniya Shoten, c2003. 東京 : 紀伊國屋書店, c2003.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 18150 VHS

*** Osaka-fu 大阪府 ***

Osaka story [videorecording] : a documentary English
National Film and Television School ; recorded, edited and directed by Toichi Nakata ; producers, Ichiro Matsumoto, Toichi Nakata.
Published Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1994.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 12458 VHS

*** To find books on Koreans in Japan, use Koreans -- Japan for Subject beginning with... search.

*** Wakayama-ken 和歌山県 ***

The marathon monks of Mount Hiei [videorecording] English
Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [2002?]
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 18091 DVD

*** More information on the marathon monks:

Tendaishu 天台宗 Japanese
http://www.tendai.jp/shugyou/
This Tendai Sect website has some video files of marathon monks' training.

The marathon monks of Mount Hiei English
Stevens, John.
Boston : Shambala ; [New York] : Distributed in the U.S. by Random House, c1988.
On Order

Robert F. Rhodes. “The Kaihogyo Practice on Mt. Hiei,” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 14.2-3 (1987): 185-200. English

*** Hyogo-ken 兵庫県 ***

Fighting festival [videorecording] English
Cinema Eye ; producer, Kunihito Muto ; director, Keiko Ikeda.
Berkeley, CA : University of California Extension Media Center for Independent Learning, [199-]
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 7497 VHS

Chugoku 中国

*** Hiroshima-ken 広島県 ***

Hellfire, a journey from Hiroshima [videorecording] English
Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, c1986.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 12460 VHS

The spirit of Hiroshima [videorecording] English
International Film Associates ; produced and directed by Geoffrey Poister.
San Francisco, CA : NAATA, [c1997]
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 5448 VHS

The spirit of Hiroshima website
http://www.hiroshima-spirit.jp/en/voice/index.php

Hiroshima Peace Site: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/

Shikoku 四国

*** Shikoku Hachijuhakkasho 四国八十八ヶ所 ***

Between two worlds [videorecording] : a Japanese pilgrimage English
Produced and directed by Joanne Hershfield & Susan Caperna Lloyd.
Berkeley, CA : University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning,
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 7836 VHS

Japanese pilgrimage [videorecording] : the pilgrimage to the eighty-eight sacred places of Shikoku English
Ueda Film ; produced and photographed by Masakuzu Ueda ; planned, written, and narrated by Oliver Statler.
Honolulu, HI : University of Hawaii Press, c1983.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 3236 VHS

*** Books on the pilgrimage in the library:

Making pilgrimages : meaning and practice in Shikoku English
Reader, Ian
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2005.
MAIN Library BQ6450.J32 S48627 2005

Japanese pilgrimage English
Statler, Oliver.
New York : Morrow, 1983.
MAIN Library BQ6450.J32 S48674 1983

*** Kochi-ken 高知県 ***

Tsubayama : yakihata ni ikiru / 椿山 : 焼畑に生きる Japanese
Kikaku, seisaku Minzoku Bunka Eizo Kenkyujo, Kabushiki Kaisha Kinokuniya Shoten, Kabushiki Kaisha Poruke ; sokantoku, kyakuhon Himeno Tadayoshi ; sogo purodusu Koizumi Shukichi.
企画・制作民俗文化映像研究所, 株式会社紀伊國屋書店, 株式会社ポルケ ; 総監督・脚本姫田忠義 ; 総合プロデュース小泉修吉.
Tokyo : Kinokuniya Shoten, c2003. 東京 : 紀伊國屋書店, c2003.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 18147 VHS

Kyushu 九州

** Miyagi-ken 宮城県 ***

Yama ni ikiru matsuri : Miyagi-ken Saito-shi Shiromi / 山に生きるまつり : 宮崎県西都市銀鏡 Japanese
Kikaku, seisaku Minzoku Bunka Eizo Kenkyujo, Kabushiki Kaisha Kinokuniya Shoten, Kabushiki Kaisha Poruke ; sokantoku, kyakuhon Himeno Tadayoshi ; sogo purodusu Koizumi Shukichi. 企画・制作民俗文化映像研究所, 株式会社紀伊國屋書店, 株式会社ポルケ ; 総監督・脚本姫田忠義 ; 総合プロデュース小泉修吉.
Tokyo : Kinokuniya Shoten, c2003. 東京 : 紀伊國屋書店, c2003.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 18146 VHS

*** Internet resources on Shiromi kagura:

Shiromi Kagura 銀鏡神楽 Japanese
文：鈴木正崇 ; 写真＆ビデオ：野村伸一 ; 編集 : 土居邦彦
http://www.flet.keio.ac.jp/~shnomura/siromi/siromi0.htm
This website contains pictures and video files along with detailed description of the Shiromi Kagura ceremony.

Alan Bair Photography English
http://alanbairphoto.com/
This website contains some photographs of Shiromi Kagura with breif descriptions.

Tatsugo no arasetsu : shotchogama to Hirase mankai / 龍郷のアラセツ : ショッチョガマと平瀬マンカイ Japanese
Kikaku, seisaku Minzoku Bunka Eizo Kenkyuo, Kabushiki Kaisha Kinokuniya Shoten, Kabushiki Kaisha Poruke ; sokantoku, kyakuhon Himeno Tadayoshi ; sogo purodusu Koizumi Shukichi. 企画・制作民俗文化映像研究所, 株式会社紀伊國屋書店, 株式会社ポルケ ; 総監督・脚本姫田忠義 ; 総合プロデュース小泉修吉.
Tokyo : Kinokuniya Shoten, c2003. 東京 : 紀伊國屋書店, c2003.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 18149 VHS

Okinawa 沖縄

Uminchu [videorecording] : rojin to umi = The old man and the East China Sea 老人と海 English
Conceived and produced by Yamagami Tetsujiro ; directed by John Junkerman ; Siglo, Ltd.
New York, N. Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, c1990.
MAIN MEDIA SERVICES Video record 17090 VHS

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