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

Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library
Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number
Masaru Sato. Toshiro Mifune gives a towering performance asa the
samurai who is equally as deadly with his wits asa with his blade." --
FROM CONTAINER.
Summary: People start to receive mysterious voicemail messages from
the future, messages from themselves in voices filled with terror.
Call Number: 778.21 KUR 2
Title: Sanshiro Sugata. 2 = Zoku Sugata Sanshirō S
| executive
producer Ito Motohiko ; script [by] Kurosawa Akira ; original story [by]
Tomita Tsuneo ; direction [by] Kurosawa Akira.|Sanshiro Sugata. 2 =
續 姿 三 四 郎 | executive producer Ito Motohiko ; script [by] Kurosawa
Akira ; original story [by] Tomita Tsuneo ; direction [by] Kurosawa
Akira.|
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007], c1945.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 82 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-5 (Region 4, PAL); single layer; full frame
pan and scan (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in dual mono
Dolby Digital.
Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild violence.
Summary: "In 1887, the Japanese culture is insulted by American
military imperialists. Against this backdrop of hostility to the Japanese
population, a frail rickshaw driver being assaulted by an American
sailor is saved when Judo master Sanshiro steps in. In response, the
embassy decides that a boxing match between the US and Japan will
help to restore National pride. Sanshiro will fight, but his spirit is
restless for peace." -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.21 LEE
Title: Hula girls | directed by Lee Song-il ; written by Lee Sang-il and
Habara Daisuke ; produced by Cine Qua Non in association with
Happinet and S.D.P.
Publisher: [Northcote, Vic.] : Rialto Entertainment, c2006.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature lenght 109 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-5 (Region 4, PAL); single layer; anamorphic
widescreen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby
Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Infrequent moderate violence,
Themes.
Summary: When a coal-mining town in northeastern Japan falls on
hard times in 1965, its citizens unite to create a "Hawaiian Center", in
hopes of boosting tourism. A group of coal miners' daughters devote
themselves to the cause, and train to become professional hula
dancers.
Call Number: 778.21 MII
Title: One missed call = Chakushin ari | directed by Takashi Miike ;
created by Yasushi Akimoto ; written by Miwako Daira.|One missed
call = 着 信 アリ | directed by Takashi Miike ; created by Yasushi
Akimoto ; written by Miwako Daira.|
Series title: Rialto collection
Publisher: [South Melbourne, Vic.] : Rialto Home Entertainment :
Paramount Home Entertainment (Australasia) [distributor], c2005.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (112 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.
Video Recording
System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 4:3 letterbox
presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with subtitles in English.
Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Medium level violence, Horror
theme.
Call Number: 778.21 MII
Title: Sukiyaki western Django | [director, Takashi Miike ; screenplay
Masaru Nakamura and Takashi Miike].
Publisher: [Surry Hills, N.S.W.] : Hopscotch Entertainment; [Pyrmont,
N.S.W.] : Roadwhow Entertainment [distributor], c2007.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 100 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.
Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English with optional subtitles in English.
Rating: OFLC rating: R18+, including High impact violence, Sexual
violence.
Summary: Several hundred years after the bloody Battle of Dannoura
in 1185, the Genji and Heike clans clash again over rumours of hidden
gold in a poor mountain town.
Call Number: 778.21 NAK
Title: Dark water | directed by Hideo Nakata.
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, all regions) (101 min.) :sd.,
col. ;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 Bolby
Digital and 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Horror themes.
Summary: "Yoshimi is fighting for custody of her 5 year old daughter
Ikuko, when mysterious patches of water begin to appear on the ceiling
of their dingy apartment. Strange events begin to take place -shadows,
Yoshimi. Yoshimi appears to be losing her mind.... What is the secret in
the dark water?" -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.21 NAK
Title: Ring
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c2000
Physical description: 1 video disc (DVD, PAL, all regions) (91 min.) :sd.,
col. ;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.
Language: Dialogue in Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Horror themes.
Summary: "Within a week of watching a mysterious videotape, a group
of teenagers are dead. The bodies are found gruesomely contorted,
their eyes frozen as if they had seen something more terrifying than
any physical threat. The video becomes an urban myth. Insidiously, an
unseen force is pointing its deadly finger at those poor souls unable to
resist their curiosity. One of those people is the cynical journalist
Reiko, who soon finds herself unwilling drawn into a spiralling nightmare
of fear from an unseen, omnipresent threat." -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.21 78.21 NAS
Title: Devilman | directed by Hiroyuki Nasu ; [written by Machiko
Nasu].
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007], c2004.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 112 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
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