Cultural Property Film

Cultural Property Film

Introducing a list of cultural heritage films planned and produced by the Inagi City Board of Education. These films focus on cultural heritage within the city, shot and edited on 16mm film, and are available for loan on DVD. Additionally, the same films (except for some) can be viewed on the official Inagi City video channel.

• Official Video Channel of Inagi City(External Link)

About the Lending Method

Cultural heritage DVDs are available for loan at the Inagi City Local History Materials Room.

Please visit us on weekdays from Monday to Friday, between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.

The lending period is one week.

List of Cultural Property Films

Number	Title	Time	Contents	Year of Production
1	The Last of the Tama River Traditional Japanese Boat Building	30 minutes	A record of the construction of a houseboat, the last work by the late ship carpenter Tomizo Kuboi from Higashi-Naganuma, Inagi City. It depicts everything from cutting the timber to building a houseboat about 4 ken in length. It also introduces riverboats once used on the Tama River.	March, 1990 (1990)
2	Myokenson Events More Than Snakes	25 minutes	A record of the annual snake-related event held on August 7th at Myokenson in Momura, Inagi City. From harvesting the reeds to creating a giant snake about 100 meters long and dedicating it. Drawing. A folk event continuing since Kanbun 2 (1662).	March, 1992 (1992)
3	Old Roads and Stone Buddhas	23 minutes	Introducing the old roads within Inagi City and the ancient stone Buddhist statues from the medieval and early modern periods that stand there. Representative stone statues include itabi, Jizo Bosatsu towers, Koshinto towers, and Bato Kannon towers. It also depicts the local folk beliefs deeply connected to these stone statues.	March, 1993 (1993)
4	Reviving Ancient Ruins	29 minutes	Records of the excavation survey of the Tate-dai site located in Momura, Inagi City. This site spans from the Jomon period to the Nara and Heian periods, as well as the medieval and early modern periods, introducing the discovered dwelling remains, warehouse remains, and excavated pottery and stone tools.	March, 1995 (1995)
5	Autumn Song	14 minutes	A film by Momura resident and late filmmaker Hideo Hamada, originally shot in 8mm in 1956 (Showa 31) and re-edited into a 16mm version titled "Autumn Song." It records scenes of autumn farming work in Inagi.	June 1997 (1997)
6	Hometown of Gravel	15 minutes	This work is a re-edited 16mm version of the 8mm film "Gravel Hometown," shot in 1957 (Showa 32) by the late filmmaker Hideo Hamada. It documents the gravel mining activities of the Tama River.	June, 1998 (1998)
7	Edo Sato Kagura	30 minutes	A record of the Edo Satokagura (Nationally Designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property) passed down in the Yamamoto Yorinobu family, the chief priest of Anazawa Tenjin Shrine in Yanokuchi. It introduces performances at shrine festivals, scenes from Okinawa performances, costumes, and tools.	March 1999 (1999)
8	There used to be a vertical valley	17 minutes	A work by the late filmmaker Hideo Hamada, who filmed the scenery of Tateyato in Momura in the 1960s and compared it with the present-day Koyodai area of Tama New Town, documenting the changes over time.	July 1999 (1999)
9	20th Century of Inagi Postwar Observations	39 minutes	A work re-edited into 16mm format from photos and 8mm/16mm films shot by the late filmmaker Hideo Hamada from the 1940s to the 1960s. It records the landscapes and events of postwar Inagi.	June 2001 (2001)