Nara Park Japan-1953: Man in a Suit Walking With Women in Kimono Beside a Tiled Wall

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationNara Park, Nara, Japan
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 · Nara Park, Nara, Japan
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What is in this clip

postwar Japan
traditional dress
Western tailoring
sightseeing
Japanese visitors
Korean War era R&R
everyday life in 1950s Japan

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Gravel path beside a long plastered compound wall with a tiled roof in the Nara temple and shrine area
Time and weather: day · overcast or shaded, soft even light
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight with a slight warm light flare at the left edge
People: 5 · A Japanese man in a light grey-blue suit and dark tie, a woman in glasses and a dark kimono carrying a pale bundle, a dark-clad companion holding a furled umbrella, a woman in a deep purple kimono, and a young woman in a red floral kimono with a closed umbrella and handbag; all women wear white tabi socks with sandals.
Objects: business suit · necktie · kimono · obi sash · folded umbrellas · handbag · wrapped bundle · tabi socks and sandals · tiled roof · plastered wall
Colors: blue-violet · lavender grey · deep purple · coral red · off-white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A man in a light suit leads a group in kimono along a gravel path beside a long wall.
He strides toward the camera while two women, one in red, walk together on the right.
The woman in glasses on the left carries a pale bundle as the group closes in.
The man nears the camera and the women in kimono keep pace behind and beside him.

Man in a Suit Walking With Women in Kimono Beside a... — Clip Details

Nara Park, Nara Prefecture, Japan, circa 1953 home movie footage shows a Japanese man in a light suit and dark tie walking along a gravel path toward the camera. Four companions in traditional dress walk with him, including a woman in glasses carrying a pale bundle and a young woman in a bright red floral kimono holding a closed umbrella and a handbag. A long plastered wall with a tiled roof runs behind them. The single handheld 8mm shot frames the group head to toe in soft light, with a strong blue-violet colour cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000832

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1953 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Nara Park, Nara, Japan Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Helps any production that needs authentic early-1950s colour footage of Japanese people in kimono and Western suits on an outing, especially Korean War R&R or postwar Japan stories.
Period detail: The man's wide-lapel suit and tie, the women's kimono with obi, white tabi and sandals, and the carried umbrellas may show typical early-1950s Japanese outing dress.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by a visiting American serviceman, it catches an unposed group walking toward him on their own outing, with the man glancing down and the women chatting as they pass.
What appears in frame: A man in a light suit and tie, a woman in glasses holding a pale bundle, a young woman in a red floral kimono with umbrella and handbag, a woman in deep purple, a gravel path and a long tiled-roof wall.
Film character: The 8mm colour stock carries a strong blue-violet shift, visible grain, a soft warm flare at the left edge and slight handheld drift, giving the shot a clear period texture.
Edit role: Works as a short people cutaway or memory beat within a Nara or postwar Japan sequence, or as a transition from landmark shots to everyday life.
Historical context: The group's mix of Western suit and traditional kimono on one outing gives a visual record of dress in Japan during the years of the American military presence.
Research note: Faces are clearly identifiable and the people are unnamed, so likeness and personality rights need separate review from the film copyright; the wall may belong to religious property.
Research search match: 1950s Japan kimono women walking, man in suit Nara home movie, Korean War R&R Japan 8mm colour, postwar Japanese street fashion footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's GI feeding a deer, sika deer among shrine visitors and 1950s Japanese street signs clips, then other circa 1953 Nara footage, then postwar Japanese dress material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Japanese man in a suit leads women in kimono along a gravel path by a temple wall in Nara Park, Japan, circa 1953 — A man in a light suit and tie walks ahead of companions in kimono, Nara Park, circa 1953.
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Man in a grey-blue suit strides toward the camera beside women in red and purple kimono, Nara, Japan, circa 1953 — Mid-stride, the man nears the camera as two women in kimono walk side by side on the right.
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Woman in glasses carries a wrapped bundle beside a suited man on a Nara path, with women in kimono, circa 1953 — A woman in glasses carrying a pale bundle keeps pace with the man in the suit, Nara Park, circa 1953.
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Young woman in a red kimono walks with a man in a suit and companions near the camera in Nara, Japan, circa 1953 — The group draws close to the camera, the young woman in red holding a closed umbrella and handbag.
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