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 YAM
Title: The twilight samurai | directed by Yoji Yamada.
Publisher: Collingwood, Vic. : Madman Entertainment, 2003
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (129 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.
Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 16:9
anomorphic wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in
5.1 Dulby Digital and 5.1 dts.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: M15+, including Medium level violence.
Summary: A low-ranking samurai finds himself a widower, with two
children and his aging mother to support. He is financially strapped and
forced to take extra work to support his family. His situation becomes
somewhat of a joke to the other samurai, but his skill with the sword
remains a point of pride with the warrior. Strife within the clan brings
the samurai an opportunity to regain honor that his financial situation
has taken from him.
Call Number: 778.77 YOS
Title: Parasite dolls
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2005], c2002.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 95 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 folded sheet (18 x 25 cm.). 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,
Japaense soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack options in English and Japanese.
Optional English subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Medium level violence, Adult
theme.
Summary: Like an animated version of BLADE RUNNER, the full-length
Animé film PARASITE DOLLS depicts a futuristic world wherein
humans and their uncannily lifelike android slaves share a precarious
coexistence. A government organization known as the Branch exists to
police the interaction between man and machine, but chaos ensues
when a few unhappy robots decide to break loose from their
preordained roles in a desperate bid for freedom. Directors Kazuto
Nakazawa and Naoyuki Yoshinaga have set their sci-fi thriller against
the backdrop of legendary Animé series BUBBLEGUM CRISIS: TOKYO
2040, creating cutting-edge animation whose hyperrealism is
technically immaculate and visionary.
Call Number: 778.77 YUA
Title: Mind game | [directed and screenplay by Masaaki Yuasa].
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, 2008, c2004.
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (feture length 103 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); anamorphic wide screen
(16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English
subtitles.
Rating: OFLC rating: R18+, including Violence and Sexual references.
Summary: "Nishi has been in love with Myon since he was 9 years old.
They both had feelings for each other, but due to Nishi's cowardice
their relationship never became more than friendship. Now, in the
present, Nishi is 20 years old and aims to be a great manga artist; but
he still loves Myon. After years of being apart they meet again, but she
tells him that she's thinking of marrying her boyfriend. Nishi is still a
coward so he accepts it and wishes her luck. While they're talking at
her older sister's restaurant a pair of yakuza walk in looking for their
father. One of the yakuza starts harassing Myon and out of anger Nishi
chooses to finally take a stand -- but he is shot and dies. Now, in
limbo, he chooses to live again; but will he really live any differently
than before?"--Container.
Call Number: 779.13 EIG
Title: Eigo Rakugo = Japanese sit down comedy, performance in
English
Publisher: North Sydney : The Japan foundation, Japan Cultural Centre
2001
Physical description: 112 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Summary: "Thoes of you who had spent time with Japanese People
would have realized thet humore is an important part of their lives.
Thet too have their own form than stand-up comedy, though the
performaers sit-down rather than stand-up! This traditional performing
art, the origines of which can be traced back some 400 years is called
Rakugo. In Rakugo, the performer can be a narrator (as is commen in
Western style comedy), but usually he becomes the actual characters
in the story. These characters converse without a narrator coming
between them. The change for the performaer is switching from are
distinct character to another. Each character represent exaggerated
aspects of the human personality which we can call readily related to.
The predicaments which they find themselves in are part of everyday
life. Until recently, the rich art of Rakugo has not been accessible to
non-Japanese speakers. Now, young energetic performers keen for the
Internaionalization of Rakugo are presenting their shows in English.
Afterall, Rakugo deal with human nature and universal themes which
people can respond to no matter which country they are now". --
FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 780.69 NAG
Title: Games From the Heart Nagano 1998
Publisher: Japan: International Olympic Committee 1998
Physical description: 20 Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Call Number: 787.77 ANN
Title: Neon genesis evangelion : death & rebirth | executive director
Anno Hideaki ; animation production Production I.G. and Gainax.
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2003].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 103 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; letterbox
widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby
Digital, Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital, English commentary
soundtrack.
Language: Feature soundtracks in English or Japanese with optional
English subtitles; Audio commentary soundtrack in English.
Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Low level violence, Low level coarse
language.
Summary: "At the dawn of the new millenium, mankind has awakened a
threat unlike any faced before - the Angels. Conventional weapons are
useless against them. They can only be stopped by means of the
Evangelions - bio-engineered vessels born from the Angels own
technology. But this forbidden knowledge is also the key to bringing
about a startling new genesis for the human race. Placed in the hands
of three young pilots, the final fate of humnity resting upon their
shoulders, the Eva's are the world's last hope." -- FROM CONTAINER.
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