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

Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library
Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number
Call Number: 778.77 JUB 1
Title: Jubei chan : the ninja girl | directed by Akitaro Daichi.
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1999
Physical description: 3 videodiscs (DVD, PAL, region 4) (325 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in.+ leaflet Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame
original ratio (4:3) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital,
Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtracks in English and Japanese with optional
English subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Low level violence, Sexual
References.
Summary: "Yagyu Jubei was Japan's greatest swordsman. His skill was
legendary; his name was whispered reverently by all the other warries
of Japan. BUt the one enermy he couldn's conquer was death. Before
he died though, there would be a succesor, and this deserving person
would receive all the power and skill of Yagyu Jubei along with the
Lovely Eyepatch. After 300 years of searching the disciple has found
Jiyu Nanohana, a rather ordinary girl who has just moved to a new
town. If going to a new school weren't stressful enough, Jiyu is told
that she is heir to the talents of Yagyu Jubei. And she will have to put
those talents to good use and stop the assassins of the rival clan." --
FOOM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.77 KAR 1
Title: Karas. 1, The prophecy = Karasu | production [by] Tetsuya Kato,
Ippei Kuri ; original story by Tatsunoko Production ; director, Keiichi
Sato.|Karas. [1], The prophecy = 鴉 | production [by] Tetsuya Kato,
Ippei Kuri ; original story by Tatsunoko Production ; director, Keiichi
Sato.|
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007], c2005.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 80 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic
wide screen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 6.1 Dolby Digital,
Japanese soundtrack in 6.1 Dolby Digital
Language: Feature soundtracks in English or Japanese with optional
English subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate animated violence,
Infrequent moderate coarse language.
Summary: "The worlds of humans and demons have overlapped since
time immemorial, and a young woman named Yuri and her servant, the
Karas, have long maintained order and balance between the worlds.
But humans have finally lost their fears of the denizens of darkness.
Disguised by human arrogance, the Karas turns his back on the laws
he helped uphold for so long, taking the name Ekou and leading a group
fo mechanised demons in an attack against the human race." --
FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.77 KAW
Title: Highlander : the search for vengeance | directed by Yoshiaki
Kawajiri.
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007], c2006.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 85 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic
wide screen (16:9) presentation; soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate animated violence,
Moderate sexual references and sex scene, Moderate coarse language.
Summary: The lone warrior Colin travels with the wise-cracking ghost
Amergan across a desolate landscape searching for the immortal
despot Marcus Octavius, who killed his lover Moya on the Celtic plains
tens of centuries ago..will Colin lead the people to freedom or become
consumed by hate?.
Call Number: 778.77 KAW
Title: Vampire hunter D | directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri ; animation
production [by] Madhouse.
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2002], c2001.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 105 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); anamorphic wide screen
(16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in English with optional English closedcaptions.
Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Medium level violence, Horror themes,
Summary: "A noble mercenary, D is hired by a wealthy rancher to
rescue his beautiful daughter from the clutches of the malevolent night
stalker, Meier Link. D must outwit competing bounty hunters and
numerous trails sent to test him by the seemingly omnipotent link." --
FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.77 KOB
Title: Kwaidan = Kaidan | directed by Masaki Kobayashi ; screenplay
by Yoko Mizuki ; produced by Shigeru Wakatsuki.|Kwaidan = 怪 談 |
directed by Masaki Kobayashi ; screenplay by Yoko Mizuki ; produced
by Shigeru Wakatsuki.|
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 175 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic
wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in dual mono
Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Horror themes.
Summary: Four stories of the supernatural to chill the soul: "The black
hair; A masterless samurai abandons his wife and re-marries again into
a wealthier family. Soon he finds his new life an empty one and longs
for the wife he ignored. When he returns to her, he finds that things
have changed. -- The woman of the snow; Caught in blizzard, two
woodcutters Mosaku and Minokichi take shelter in a nearby shack.
Visited by a ghostly woman, she drains the blood of Mosaku and makes
Minokichi promise never to tell. Years later, happily married, Minokichi
begins to tell his wife about that mysterious night. -- Hoichi, the
earless; Hoichi is a blind servant, besieged by spirits from a battle 700
years before. To protect him, the temple priests cover him with
mysterious prayer symbols, but there is one thing that they have
overlooked. -- In a cup of tea; Visiting a temple and taking tea, Lord
Sato sees a strange face reflected inside the cup. Later that night, the
man in the cup of tea comes to visit with a message for Lord Sato." -
- From Container.
Call Number: 778.77 KON
Title: Perfect blue | directed by Satoshi Kon ; screenplay Sadayuki
Murai.
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2002?].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 80 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 1, 2 & 4, PAL); dual layer; 4:3
original aspect ratio presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby
Digital, Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital.
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