The Feast of the Gods on a Winter’s Night: Toyama’s Shimotsuki Festival
1970· 0h 37m
Directed by Shinkichi Noda
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Overview
The shimotsuki festival has been passed down over the centuries in the community of Shimoguri, located in Kamimura in Nagano Prefecture’s Shimoina District. The population once staged a revolt against the oppression of the Toyama clan who governed the region. Disease spread in the aftermath and was thought to be the work of the slain clan. The festival was initiated to clear their resentment. The masks of dead spirits dance amid clouds of steam from boiling water.
Other films by Shinkichi Noda
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 Gods
1991
The Procession of Weird and Wonderful Masks
The Procession of Weird and Wonderful Masks
1988
Sarushima Island with a Fort: Ruins and Graffiti
Sarushima Island with a Fort: Ruins and Graffiti
1987
The Mikagura Festival of Tomiyama Village
The Mikagura Festival of Tomiyama Village
1985
