catalogue of video recordings (vhs, dvd) - The Japan Foundation

Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library
Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number
Title: Retribution = Sakebi | produced by Taka Ichise ; written and
directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.|Retribution = 叫 | produced by Taka
Ichise ; written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.|
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2008], c2006.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 100 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 16:9
anamorphic wide screen (1.78:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in
5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Strong violence.
Summary: "Detective Yoshioka is called to the site of an unsual
homicide. A woman in a red dress has been mysteriously drowned in a
pool of shallow water. As clues begin to appear, strangely, all evidence
points towards detective Yoshioka even though he claims to have
never met the dead girl. An invisible force seems to be leading him
down a path of no return, a path of retribution." -- FROM
CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR
Title: Scandal | director, Akira Kurosawa ; producer, Takashi Koide.
Series title: Akira Kurosawa collection
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1950, [2004?]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) :sd., b&w. ;4 3/4in.
Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 4:3 original
ratio (1.37:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Adult themes.
Summary: "Ichiro is a young painter on holiday in the mountains. By
chance he meets Miyako- a famous singer who is staying at the same
hotel. Wnating privacy, Miyako is uncooperative in the press and soon
a tabloid magazine falsely suggests a scandalous relationship between
the singer and the young painter. When Ichiro sues, his lawyer accepts
a bribe and the real scandal begins." -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR
Title: Sanjuro
Series title: Akira Kurosawa collection
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1962
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (96 min.) :sd.,
b&w ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic
wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby
Digital and 1.0 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFCL rating: PG, including Low level violence.
Summary: "Korosawa's follow up to YOJINBO sees the return of
Toshiro Mifune as SANJURO. Nine young and naive samurai are
attempting to stop corruption in their local clan with the advice of the
strange SANJURO to guide them. With plenty of action among this
light-hearted comedy, SANJURO is an examination of manners,
protocol and politics in feudal Japan- and also boasts one of the
fastest and most breathtaking climactic duels in cinema history." --
FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR
Title: Sanshiro Sugata = Sugata Sanshirō | directed by Akira
Kurosawa.|Sanshiro Sugata = 姿 三 四 郎 | directed by Akira Kurosawa.|
Edition: censord version, released in 1944.
Series title: Akira Kurosawa collection
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC] : Madman Entertainment, [2005]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (feature length
79 min.) :sd., b&w ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame
original ratio (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby
Digital and Dolby Digital Mono.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild violence.
Summary: "The directorial debut from one of the screen's greatest
ever directors - Akira Kurosawa. Sanshiro Sugata is the tale of the
emergence of the fighting art of Judo in old Japan. Set in the late 19th
century, the film follws a wayward young man Sutgata and his quest
for knowledge. After witnessing some Ju-Jutsu bullies beaten by a
man with a new fighting style, Sugata yearns to learn the emerging art
of Judo. as Sugata aims to beat the Ju-Jitsu masters he also fights a
battle with his inner self." -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR
Title: Seven samurai = Shichi-nin no samurai | director Akira
Kurosawa.|Seven samurai = 七 人 の 侍 | director Akira Kurosawa.|
Edition: 50th anniversary ed.
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2004].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 207 min.) :sd.,
b&w; ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; original
aspect ration (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby
Digital and Dolby dual-mono.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild violence.
Summary: 16th Century Japan. A primitive village dreading the annual
raid of bandits who carry off the harvest and the village girls, decides
to hire Samurai, professional warriors, to help defend themselves.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR
Title: Stray dog = Norainu | directed by Akira Kurosawa.|Stray dog =
野 良 犬牦 | directed by Akira Kurosawa.|
Series title: Akira Kurosawa collection
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC] : Madman Entertainment, [2005].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (feature length
122 min.) :sd., b&w. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 4:3 original
ratio (1.37:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 1.0 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate violence.
Summary: "Rooke detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) is pickpocketed
on a bus and his police pistol is stolen. A frantic search for
the gun leads him to the Tokyo underworld. The gun has been passed
to a gangster who uses it in the murder of a woman. Desperate to
solve the crime, Murakami turns to senior detective Sato (Takashi
Shimura) for help before the gun and killer strike again. Stray dog is a
superb film noir with stand out performances from Mifune and Shimura
that ranks as one of Kurosawa's best." -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR
Title: The bad sleep well = Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru | produced
by Tomoyuki Tanaka and Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay by Hideo
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