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Shimura) recognises some of his own flaws in his patient and decides
to save him -- from tuberculosis and from himself. But when
Matsunaga's rival is released from prison, he realises his status as
local mob boss under threat -- and the young hoodlum decides he
can't afford health, or help. -- From Container.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR
Title: High and low = Tengoku to jigoku | seisaku Tanaka Tomoyuki,
Kikushima Ryūzō ; kyakuhon Oguni Hideo ... [et al.] ; kantoku Kurosawa
Akira.|High and low = 天 国 と 地 獄狀 | 製 作 田 中 友 幸 , 菊 島 隆 三 ; 脚 本
小 国 英 雄 ... [et al.] ; 監 督 黒 澤 明 .|
Series title: Directors suite. Akira Kurosawa
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 143 min.) :sd.,
b&w. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 viewer's guide booklet (18 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.). Video
Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic
wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in Dolby
Digital 4.0 or 2.0.
Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: PG
Summary: Kingo Gondō, a wealthy industrialist and corporate
Machiavelli on the brink of unrivalled succcess in the Japanese shoe
industry when he becomes the target of extortion. But in a cruel twist
of fate, it is his chauffer's son who is kidnapped in his own son's place
-- and so Gondo must choose to either pay the huge ransom and lose
his empire, or else take responsibility for the boy's life.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR
Title: Hōmu suīto hōmu : dare ni demo kaeritai ie ga aru | story and
screenplay, Zenzo Matsuyama ama ; director, Tomio Kuriyama.|ホーム・スイー
トホーム : 誰 にでも 帰 りたい 家 がある | story and screenplay, Zenzo
Matsuyama ; director, Tomio Kuriyama.|
Publisher: [Japan] : Mainichi EVR Shisutemu [distributor],
2004.|[Japan] : 毎 日 EVR システム, 2004.|
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.
Video Recording
System requirements:DVD (Region 2, NTSC); single layer; vista size in
letterbox presentation.
Language: Feature soundtrack options in Japanese and Japanese with
narration for visual-impaired ; subtitle options in Japanese and English.
Summary: Human life is gentle, and the bonds we share with other
people bring warmth to our lives. Ex-opera singer, 75-year-old Hiro
Yamashita, suffers from dementia. Whether in his room or out on the
street, he spends his days wandering around singing, with all the
energy he can muster. The anguish and conflict created by this
awkward situation that is marring his son, his daughter-in-law and his
grandchildren, comes to a point they can not tolerate any longer, and
they make a decision: namely, to abandon him in front of
“Obandegansu”, the group home in Iwate. Hiro is left standing there
holding a letter: “Please take our grandfather. While he is with us, our
house is being destroyed, and at this rate our family will disintegrate.”
This drama about regeneration and connecting with people who have
kind hearts, develops with the Obandegansu group home and the
magnificent Mount Iwate as its setting.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR
Title: I live in fear = Ikimono no kiroku | produced by Seijiro Motoki ;
directed by Akira Kurosawa.|I live in fear = 生 きものの 記 録 | produced
by Seijiro Motoki ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.|
Series title: Directors suite. Akira Kurosawa
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 99 min.) :sd.,
b&w. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:dvd-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; original ratio
(4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 1.0 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild themes.
Summary: An elderly and wealthy industrialist is driven to madness
over fears of a nuclear attack. In a futile attempt to save his family he
pressures them to leave Japan and move to the rainforest in Brazil
where he believes they will be safe. His family, complacent and cynical,
is outraged and move to have him declared insane.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR
Title: Ikiru = To live | produced by Motogi Sojiro ; screenplay by Akira
Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira
Kurosawa.| 生 きる = To live | produced by Motogi Sojiro ; screenplay
by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by
Akira Kurosawa.|
Series title: Directors suite. Akira Kurosawa
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 143 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (18 p.). Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame
original ration (4:3); Japanese soundtrack in 1.0 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild coarse language, Mild themes.
Summary: "When petty official Kanji Watanabe learns he is going to die
he begins a quest for the true meaning of existence. Realising that his
life until now has been wasted and no longer finding solace in his family
or job he withdraws his money from the bank, intending to spend his
last days in pleasure. It is not long before pachinko and alcohol lose
their charm, and Watanabe begins to master his own experience." --
FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR
Title: Kagemusha = The double | directed by Akira Kurosawa.| 影 武 者
= The double | directed by Akira Kurosawa.|
Edition: Special ed.
Publisher: Moore Park, N.S.W. : Twentieth Century Fox Home
Entertainment South Pacific [distributor], c2007, c1980.
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (feature length 152 min. +
extras) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); 16:9 anamorphic wide
screen (2.35:1) aspect ratio; feature Japanese soundtrack in 4.0 Dolby
Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles and closed-captions for the hearing impaired. Audio
commentary to the feature films by Stephen Prince in English with
optional closed-captions for the hearing impaired. Soundtrack on
extras in English or Japanese with optional subtitles in English for the
hearing impaired, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Portguese,
Greek and Polish.
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild violence.
Summary: A condemned thief is rescued from the gallows because of
his uncanny resemblance to the powerful warlord Shingen Takeda.
When Takeda dies in battle he is replaced by his Kagemusha (or
double), who eventually becomes a great leader. Set in 16th century
Japan.
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