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

Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library
Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild sexual references, Incidental
nudity.
Summary: "As young boys, Cooper, Gordon and Shepherd were
enchanted by the theories of life on Mars published by Percival Lowell,
one of the most influential people on the subject. Consequently, they
formed a club called the "Scientific Boys Club" and it continues for 50
years to come. With the help of Gordon's daughter Windy and her
husband Jack, the boys pursue their lifelong dream of traveling to
Mars." -- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.77 STE 1
Title: Stellvia. Foundation 1 = Uchū no suteruvia | directed by Tatsuo
Sato.|Stellvia. Foundation 1 = 宇 宙 のステルヴィア. . directed by Tatsuo
Sato.|
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, [2005].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (feature length
100 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-5 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame
original ratio (4:3) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital,
Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese or English with optional
English subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: G.
Summary: "In the year 2167, Mankind suffered a cataclysmic disaster
as a massive wave of electromagnetic radiation from a nearby
supernova washed over the Earth. Even in the face of this planet
shaking event, mankind survived, pulling together to support each
other in a time of crisis. The year is now 2326 and a new generation is
preparing for the approaching Second Wave. One young girl, Shima
Katase, departs for the space-pilot academy Stellvia, where she will
learn how to protect the Earth and the family she loves." -- FROM
CONTAINER
Call Number: 778.77 SUG
Title: Night on the Galactic Railroad
Publisher: USA: Central Park Media 1995
Physical description: 115min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles.
Call Number: 778.77 SUG
Title: Origin : spirits of the past = Gin'iro no kami no Agito | animation
studio, Gonzo ; directed by Keiichi Sugiyama.|Origin igin : spirits of the
past = 銀 色 の 髪 のアギト. . English & Japanese|
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 95 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Book
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack options in English and Japanese. Optional
subtitle in English.
Rating: OFLC rating: PG., including Mild animated violence, Infrequent
mild coarse language.
Summary: "Three handred years since the landscape of the world has
been drastically rewritten. The remmants of humanity are divided as
never before. Half seek a tenuous coexistence with the Forest, half
seek to dominate and subdue that which they cannot understand.
Agito, the son of an aged hero, inadvertently sets in motion the
destruction of all that is left when he revives the young Toola from her
timeless slumber. Unable to reconcile life as she once knew it from the
world as it is now, Toola calls forth ancient technology to reshape the
future from the ashes of the past. With the blessing of the Forest,
Agito must first save the girl from herself in order to recue them all."
-- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 778.77 SUG
Title: Space firebird 2772 = Hi no tori 2772 | directed by Suguru
Sugiyama ; produced by Osamu Tezuka.|Space firebird 2772 = 火 の 鳥
2772 | produced by Osamu Tezuka ; directed by Suguru Sugiyama.|
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (feature length 122 min.) :sd. (multiple
soundtracks with stereo), col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); anamorphic wide screen
16:9; dual layer; English sound track in Dolby stereo, Japanese sound
track in Dolby stereo.
Language: Sound tracks for the feature film in English and Japanese,
with optional subtitles in English.
Rating: OFLC rating: G.
Summary: "In the future, humans are produced in labs and raised by
robots. Godo is one such human, and is destined to be a pilot. When he
is discovered dating one of the elders' daughter, he is sent to a prison
camp, eventually escaping in search of the Firebird, said to have the
power to restore life to his almost dead home world: Earth. Through
the cycle of death and rebirth, Godo steps forward one life time at a
time in search of his destiny." -- FROM CONTEINER.
Call Number: 778.77 TAK
Title: Grave of the fireflies | directed by Isao Takahata.
Series title: Studio Ghibli collection
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1988
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD, PAL, region 4) (88 min. ; 71
min.) :bsd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Dialog in English and Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: M
Call Number: 778.77 TAK
Title: My neighbors the Yamadas = Hōhokekyo tonari no Yamada-ku
kun
| [original comic strip by Hisaichi Ishii ; directed by Isao Takahata].|My
neighbors the Yamadas = ホーホケキョとなりの 山 田 くん | [original comic
strip by Hisaichi Ishii ; directed by Isao Takahata].|
Series title: Studio Ghibli collection
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2005].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 104 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 leaflet Video Recording
System requirements: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.
Language: Feature soundtracks in English or Japanese with optional
English subtitles, English closed-captions.
Rating: OFLC ratingh: PG, including Mild violence.
Summary: The Yamadas are typical urban middle class Japanese family
and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales
that range from the humourous to the heartbreaking, we see this
family cope with life's little conflicts, problems and joys in their own
way. Presentations of the characters and scenes are highly
caricaturised in this work.
Call Number: 778.77 TAK
Title: Only yesterday = Omoide poroporo | general producer Hayao
Miyazaki ; screenplay & directed by Isao Takahata.|Only yesterday =
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