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

Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library
Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1995
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (82 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 5.1 Dolby Digital
and Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in English or Japanese with optional
English subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: M 15+, including Medium level violence, Low level
coarse language.
Summary: "In a world caught up in the grip of information overload,
where artificial inteligence is more than the read things and cyborg
cops spend their lives surfing on an electronic sea of living data, only
the Ghost - the indefinable who is alive and who is a creation of the
Net." -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.77 OTO
Title: Steamboy | directed by Katsuhiro Otomo.
Publisher: [Australia] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [distributor],
2005.
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD, PAL, region 4) (feature length
121 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:Region 4, PAL
Language: Language options: English and Japanese. Subtitle options:
English, English captions, Greek, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Norwegian, Romanian,
Slovene, Swedish, Turkish.
Summary: A retro-styled sci-fi adventure set in Victorian England,
about a young boy who must use a mysterious and powerful metal ball
to fight evil, redeem his family and save the city from destruction.
Call Number: 778.77 OSH 2
Title: Ghost in the shell 2 : innocence | excective producer Mitsuhisa
Ishikawa ; script and directed by Mamoru Oshii.
Edition: Double DVD special ed.
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006].
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (feature length 95 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:Disc 1: DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer;
anamorphic wide screen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1
Dolby Digital, Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital, English
soundtrack in 6.1 dts, Japanese commentary soundtrack.
Language: Disc 1: Feature soundtracks in English or Japanese with
optional English subtitles, English closed-captions; Audio commentary
soundtrack by Mamoru Oshii in Japanese with optional English
subtitles. -- Disc 2: Soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles for "making of" animation and interviews sections; Sound
track in English or Japanese with optional English subtitles for "Ghost
in the shell stand alone complex. Episode 1".
Rating: OFLC rating: M, Moderate animated violence, Moderate coarse
language.
Summary: ""Ghost in the shell 2: innocence" is the story of a solitary
cyborg who desperately wants to hold on to what's left of his humanity,
in a world where the worth of the human soul is fading almost into
obscurity." -- From container.
Call Number: 778.77 OTO 1
Title: Otogi zoshi = Otogi zōshi. [1. Legend of the magatama] | original
story by Production I.G and NTV ; chief writer, Yoshiki Sakurai ;
director, Mizuho Nishikubo ; animation production, Production
I.G.|Otogi zoshi = お 伽 草 子 | original story by Production I.G and
NTV ; chief writer, Yoshiki Sakurai ; director, Mizuho Nishikubo ;
animation production, Production I.G.|
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2005].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 125 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame
original ration (4:3) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital,
Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital
Language: Feature soundtracks in English or Japanese with optional
English subtitles. DVD extras soundtrack in Japanese with optional
English subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate violence.
Summary: The first 13 episodes are set in Heian-Period Japan during a
time of famine and widespread disease. The imperial court orders
Minamoto no Raikō to bring back the magatama jewels, which have the
power to restore the well-being of the city but are now in the hands of
tribes and clans who are opposed to the court. As Raikō is sick and
confined to his bed, his sister Hikaru pretends to be Raikō and sets
out on a journey to recover the jewels accompanied by her loyal
servant Tsuna.
Call Number: 778.77 OTO
Title: Akira | directed by Katsuhiro Otomo.
Edition: special edition
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL) (124 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4
in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; Anamorphic
(16:9) presentation; New English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital,
Original English in 2.0 Dolby Digital, Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby
Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in English or Japanese with optional
English subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: M15+, including High level violence.
Summary: "In 1988, the landmarklAkira film AKIRA, by director
Katsuhiro Otomo, defined the cutting eddge of Anime around the world.
By today's standards, AKIRA remains a landmark achievement in cel
animation and retain the explosive impact of its highly detailed
animation and its intensely violent sage of power and corruption.
Madame and Manga Entertainmant proudly present this classic film,
completely restored and digitally re-mastered." -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.77 PEA 1
Title: Piecemaker = Pīsumēkā kurogane. 1, Innocence lost | directed
by Tomohiro Hirata.|Peacemaker = ピースメーカー 鐵 ; 1, Innocence lost
| directed by Tomohiro Hirata.|
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, [2005].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (feature length
100 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (8 p. : col., ill. ; 18 cm.) 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 Japanese or English with optional
English subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rarting: M15+, including Medium level violence.
Summary: "For 15-year-old Tetsunosuke Ichimura, childhood
innocence has given way to a blinding thirst for revenge. Haunted by
the vicious slaying of his parents, Tetsu decides to seek out the
Shinsengumi, an elite group of swordsmen sworn to protect the capital.
The Shinsengumi are engaged in a brutal conflict with the Choshu
rebels, the same ruthless killers who murdered Tetsu's parents. In the
name of justice? and against the will of his older brother? Tetsu
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