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Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number Video catalogue - Indexed by call number Call Number: 063 JPF Title: Japan Foundation - Moving Towards a Brighter Future Publisher: Japan: The Japan Foundation Physical description: 22 min. Video Recording System requirements: VHS [PAL] Language: Soundtrack in English. Summary: A detailed introduction to the Japan Foundation and its projects. Covering promotion of the arts, language and culture through different locations around the world. Call Number: 185 JAM 5 Title: Jizo attracts people Publisher: Tokyo : Japan Media Communication Center (JAMCO), [1994?]. Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (28 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video Recording System requirements:VHS (PAL) Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles. Summary: "The Buddhist temple in Sekicho in Mie Prefecture has a long history. Dedicated to Jizo, the popular guardian deity of children and rescuer of souls in torment, this temple may have been built as much as 1200 years ago, and has been in great need of restoration. When Kojun Miyamoto became Chief Priestess twelve years ago, she decided to make the temple one that everyone would be proud of. This is a heartwarming story of what a town can do when people all work together." -- FROM CONTAINER. Restriction & Screening notes: Licensed for public screening at JF- Sydney. Call Number: 063.021 JPF Title: New friendships through Japanese Publisher: Tokyo : Japan Foundation, 2000. Physical description: 1 videocassette Video Recording System requirements: VHS [PAL] Call Number: 063.0271 JPF Title: The Japan Foundation, Sydney 10th anniversary special forum Publisher: Sydney : The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2003 Physical description: 240min Video Recording System requirements: VHS [PAL] Call Number: 070.16 FAC 17 Title: A reporter's story = Seijiban kisha [English edition] (Faces of Japan ; 17) Publisher: Tokyo : Intervoice 1986 Physical description: 30 min Video Recording System requirements: VHS [PAL] Language: Soundtrack in English. Summary: This volume illustrates how Japanese political journalists work around the clock. Call Number: 163.1 NIT 8 Title: The Japanese and nature : friends or foes = Nihonjin no shizen : kurashi n naka no shizenkan (Nippon : the land and its people = Nihon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 8) Publisher: Tokyo : Nittetsu Hyuman Deberopumento 1990 Physical description: 30min Video Recording System requirements: VHS [PAL] Language: Soundtrack in English. Summary: "This video looks at people from all walks of life, across the Japanese archipelago in all its seasonal and variation candidly reveals the relationship that the Japanese people have with their nature surroundings. In contrast to existing promotional tourist videos, this one is divided into five thematic sections, "Enjoying Nature", "Blessing of Nature", "Living with Nature", "Respect for Nature", and Bonding , each with a fresh and vivid rendering of the human element ". -- FROM CONTAINER. Call Number: 188.36 NHK 2 Title: Kamigami to Hotoke no deai = The meeting of the gods and the Buddha | [produced by NHK International].| 神々と仏の出会い = The meeting of the gods and the Buddha | [produced by NHK International].| Publisher: [Tokyo?] : NHK International, [200-?]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (45 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD (NTSC). Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles. Summary: "The Omizutori (= water-drawing) Festival at the Todaiji Temple in Nara heralds spring. But this Buddhist rite, practised since the Nara period (= 8th century), is concerned not only with Buddha but also with kami, the deities of Japan's indigenous Shinto or "way of the gods". It is a product of an unusual religious environment in which Buddhism and Shinto coexist. By examining various Japanese and European festivals, as well as Buddhist and Shinto images, this programme casts light on the unique nature of Japan's Shinto- Buddhist fusion." -- from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN. Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public screening at JF-Sydney Call Number: 188.8 JPF Title: Zen Culture Zen Spirit Publisher: 1978 Physical description: 29 min Video Recording System requirements: VHS [PAL] Language: Soundtrack in English. Summary: Zen was introduced to Japan at the end of the 12th centry, brought into the country from China, This title follows the history of Zen to its present day importance. The ritual and order of Zen has been adapted to the stage in the from of Noh and has also been responsible for Japanese arts such as Zen gardens and teac ceremony. This documentary portrays a typical day in a monastery for a Zen Monk. Call Number: 188.8 JPF Title: Zen culture, Zen spirit = Zen to sono bunka.|Zen culture, Zen spirit = 禅とその文化 .| Publisher: [c1979?] (Tokyo : Japan Foundation, 2007) Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 30 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 1 21-Apr-10
Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number System requirements:DVD (Region ALL). Language: Soundtrack in English. Summary: Zen Buddhism, introduced into Japan from China in the latter part of the twelfth century, has been and continues to be a central creative force in Japanese culture since the fourteenth century. This videogram presents the living reality of Zen today, forst through the strict daily routine in the training hall of a large Zen monastery. Focus is the shifted to a variety of traditional arts in spired by Zen calligraphy, ink painting, dry landscape gardens, noh, and the tea ceremony, revealig the austerity and incisive simplicity that are their distinctive characteristics. Underlying both Zne practice and the culture it gave rise to in Japan is the attempt to penetrate all that is inessential and awaken to the true reality. It is this attempt that forms the central theme of Zen culture, Zen spirit. Restriction & Screening notes: Licensed for public screening at JF- Sydney. Call Number: 210.12 JPF Title: On a Wind From the South Publisher: 1982 Physical description: 29 min Video Recording System requirements: VHS [PAL] Language: Soundtrack in English. Summary: This documentary begins in August 1543 when the very first foreigners were washed up on Japanese shores. This started a continuous facination with the western and its culture. The Portuguese brought their religion with them and Christianity steadily took hold of Japan. The Japanese also developed a love of guns and this in turn changed the architecture of the Japanese castles forever. Trade with the outside world continued , to the delight of many Japanese collectors, until the early 17th century when foreign religion and culture was banned in Japan for 250 years. Call Number: 210.25 NHK 1 Title: Hajimeni katachi ariki = Form at the beginning | [produced by NHK International].|はじめに形ありき = Form at the beginning | [produced by NHK International].| Publisher: [Tokyo?] : NHK International, [200-?]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (45 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD (NTSC). Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles. Summary: "Jōmon ceramics are the world's oldest examples of pottery. Their bold, mystical forms are compelling even to the modern eye. But where did these forms come from? No one knows. Critic Shūichi Kato's search for clues leads him to the distant Mayan culture of Mexico. He compares Jōmon culture with Mayan civilization." -- from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN. Restriction & Screening notes: Not for loan. Licensed for public screening at JF-Sydney Call Number: 210.3 JPF Title: From the Asian Continent : Chinese characters and Buddhism in Japan = [Tairiku bunka no sesshu : Kanji to Bukkyō no denrai].|From the Asian Continent : Chinese characters and Buddhism in Japan = [ 大陸文化の摂取 : 漢字と仏教の伝来 ]| Publisher: c1983 (Tokyo : Japan Foundation, 2007) Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 30 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD (Region ALL). Language: Soundtrack in English. Summary: This videogram introduces the characteristics of Japanese culture throught the ways in which the Japanese people adopted and absorbed elements of culture from the Asian Continent as they were introduced via the Korean Peninsula from the 4th to the 6th century. The videogram focuses especially on the introduction of Chinese characters (Kanji) and Buddhism. The Japanese simplified the Chinese system of writing and created their own syllabaries called hiragana and katakana that contributed to the development of Japan's unique literature, education, culture and society, and in turn its politics and economy. Buddhism also went through various changes and deeply influenced Japanese thought, painting, sculpture and architecture. Restriction & Screening notes: Licensed for public screening at JF- Sydney. Call Number: 210.5 EMP Title: Japan, memoirs of a secret empire = Mononofutachi no kioku | produced & directed by Lyn Goldfarb, Deborah Ann DeSnoo. Series title: Empires (Television program) Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007], c2003. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (165 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic widescreen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital Language: Soundtrack in English with English subtitles for the hearing impaired. Rating: OFLC rating: E (exempt from classification). Summary: Commanding shoguns and samurai warriors, exotic geisha and exquisite artisans - all were part of the Japanese "renaissance" - a period between the 16th and 19th Centuries when Japan went from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace. But stability came at a price: for nearly 250 years, Japan was a land closed to the Western world, ruled by the Shogun under his absolute power and control. Japan brings to life the unknown story of a mysterious empire. Call Number: 210.58 MID Title: Japan : The Changing Tradition - Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarian Publisher: 1987 Physical description: 29 min Video Recording System requirements:VHS (NTSC). Language: Soundtrack in English. Summary: This history documentary covers the period from 1853 to the emergence of the Meiji Era. It contains re-enactments of import moments in Japans political history of un-rest. Japan was confronted by America in 1853 to open its ports for international trade; this started a 15 year struggle over the rule of Japan. Call Number: 210.6 MID Title: Japan : The Changing Tradition - ""Rich Country, Strong Military"" Publisher: Lincoln, NE : GPN 1987 Physical description: 29 min Video Recording System requirements:VHS (NTSC). Language: Soundtrack in English. Summary: By 1910 Japan was a modern country, that had won two Wars, was respected by the west and whose economy was booming. This documentary discusses how Japan got to this position in History, starting from 1868 when Meiji leaders began to take power. This was a period of rapid change for Japan, there were uprising from the Samurai classes against the new political regime and international relations 2 21-Apr-10
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