Video Recording collection - The Japan Foundation

Japan Foundation, Sydney - Library 

CATALOGUE OF VIDEO 

RECORDINGS (VHS, DVD) 

Part I – Indexed by call number (88 pages) 

Part II – Indexed by title (21 pages) 

834 titles – 28 Mar 2009

Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library 

Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number 

Call Number: 063 JPF 

Title: Japan Foundation - Moving Towards a Brighter Future 

[videorecording] 

Publisher: Japan: The Japan Foundation 

Physical description: 22 min. Video Recording 

System requirements: VHS [PAL] 

Language: Soundtrack in English. 

Summary: A detailed introduction to the Japan Foundation and its 

projects. Covering promotion of the arts, language and culture through 

different locations around the world. 

Call Number: 063.021 JPF 

Title: New friendships through Japanese [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Japan Foundation, 2000. 

Physical description: 1 videocassette Video Recording 



Title: The Japan Foundation, Sydney 10th anniversary special forum 


Publisher: Sydney : The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2003 

Physical description: 240min Video Recording 


story of what a town can do when people all work together." -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 

Restriction & Screening notes: Licensed for public screening at JF- 

Sydney. 

Call Number: 188.36 NHK 2 

Title: Kamigami to Hotoke no deai [videorecording] = The meeting of 

the gods and the Buddha / [produced by NHK International].| 神々と 

仏の出会い [videorecording] = The meeting of the gods and the 

Buddha / [produced by NHK International].| 

Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, [200-]. 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (45 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. 

Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD (NTSC). 

Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles. 

Summary: "The Omizutori (= water-drawing) Festival at the Todaiji 

Temple in Nara heralds spring. But this Buddhist rite, practised since the 

Nara period (= 8th century), is concerned not only with Buddha but also 

with kami, the deities of Japan's indigenous Shinto or "way of the gods". 

It is a product of an unusual religious environment in which Buddhism 

and Shinto coexist. By examining various Japanese and European 

festivals, as well as Buddhist and Shinto images, this programme casts 

light on the unique nature of Japan's Shinto-Buddhist fusion." -- from 300 

TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN. 

Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public 

screening at JF-Sydney 

Call Number: 070.16 FAC 17 

Title: A reporter's story = Seijiban kisha [English edition] (Faces of 

Japan ; 17) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Intervoice 1986 

Physical description: 30 min Video Recording 



Summary: This volume illustrates how Japanese political journalists work 

around the clock. 

Call Number: 163.1 NIT 8 

Title: The Japanese and nature : friends or foes = Nihonjin no 

shizen : kurashi n naka no shizenkan (Nippon : the land and its 

people = Nihon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 8) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Nittetsu Hyuman Deberopumento 1990 




Summary: "This video looks at people from all walks of life, across the 

Japanese archipelago in all its seasonal and variation candidly reveals the 

relationship that the Japanese people have with their nature surroundings. 

In contrast to existing promotional tourist videos, this one is divided into 

five thematic sections, "Enjoying Nature", "Blessing of Nature", "Living 

with Nature", "Respect for Nature", and Bonding , each with a fresh and 

vivid rendering of the human element ". -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 185 JAM 5 

Title: Jizo attracts people [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Japan Media Communication Center (JAMCO), 

[1994]. 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (28 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. 


System requirements:VHS (PAL) 


Summary: "The Buddhist temple in Sekicho in Mie Prefecture has a long 

history. Dedicated to Jizo, the popular guardian deity of children and 

rescuer of souls in torment, this temple may have been built as much as 

1200 years ago, and has been in great need of restoration. When Kojun 

Miyamoto became Chief Priestess twelve years ago, she decided to make 

the temple one that everyone would be proud of. This is a heartwarming 


Title: Zen Culture Zen Spirit [videorecording] 

Publisher: 1978 




Summary: Zen was introduced to Japan at the end of the 12th centry, 

brought into the country from China, This title follows the history of Zen 

to its present day importance. The ritual and order of Zen has been 

adapted to the stage in the from of Noh and has also been responsible for 

Japanese arts such as Zen gardens and teac ceremony. This documentary 

portrays a typical day in a monastery for a Zen Monk. 


Title: On a Wind From the South [videorecording] 





Summary: This documentary begins in August 1543 when the very first 

foreigners were washed up on Japanese shores. This started a continuous 

facination with the western and its culture. The Portuguese brought their 

religion with them and Christianity steadily took hold of Japan. The 

Japanese also developed a love of guns and this in turn changed the 

architecture of the Japanese castles forever. Trade with the outside world 

continued , to the delight of many Japanese collectors, until the early 17th 

century when foreign religion and culture was banned in Japan for 250 

years. 


Title: Hajimeni katachi ariki [videorecording] = Form at the 

beginning / [produced by NHK International].|はじめに形ありき 

[videorecording] = Form at the beginning / [produced by NHK 

International].| 






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Summary: "Jōmon ceramics are the world's oldest examples of pottery. 

Their bold, mystical forms are compelling even to the modern eye. But 

where did these forms come from No one knows. Critic Shūichi Kato's 

search for clues leads him to the distant Mayan culture of Mexico. He 

compares Jōmon culture with Mayan civilization." -- from 300 TV 

PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN. 

Restriction & Screening notes: Not for loan. Licensed for public 


Call Number: 210.5 EMP 

Title: Japan, memoirs of a secret empire [videorecording] = 

Mononofutachi no kioku / produced & directed by Lyn Goldfarb, 

Deborah Ann DeSnoo. 

Series title: Empires (Television program) 

Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007], c2003. 



System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic 

widescreen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital 

Language: Soundtrack in English with English subtitles for the hearing 

impaired. 

Rating: OFLC rating: E (exempt from classification). 

Summary: Commanding shoguns and samurai warriors, exotic geisha and 

exquisite artisans - all were part of the Japanese "renaissance" - a period 

between the 16th and 19th Centuries when Japan went from chaos and 

violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace. But stability came at a 

price: for nearly 250 years, Japan was a land closed to the Western world, 

ruled by the Shogun under his absolute power and control. Japan brings 

to life the unknown story of a mysterious empire. 

Call Number: 210.58 MID 

Title: Japan : The Changing Tradition - Revere the Emperor, Expel 

the Barbarian [videorecording] 



System requirements:VHS (NTSC). 


Summary: This history documentary covers the period from 1853 to the 

emergence of the Meiji Era. It contains re-enactments of import moments 

in Japans political history of un-rest. Japan was confronted by America in 

1853 to open its ports for international trade; this started a 15 year 

struggle over the rule of Japan. 

Call Number: 210.6 MID 

Title: Japan : The Changing Tradition - ""Rich Country, Strong 

Military"" [videorecording] 

Publisher: Lincoln, NE : GPN 1987 




Summary: By 1910 Japan was a modern country, that had won two Wars, 

was respected by the west and whose economy was booming. This 

documentary discusses how Japan got to this position in History, starting 

from 1868 when Meiji leaders began to take power. This was a period of 

rapid change for Japan, there were uprising from the Samurai classes 

against the new political regime and international relations were unstable. 

However, Japan bounded into 19th centry with renewed policy in place 

for cultural protection and equal treaties with western nations. 

Summary: The second part in this series is dedicated to the Meiji era from 

1867 - 1912. This 45 years was a huge time of change in Japan in its 

approach to modernization ans the west. There was massive development 

in areas of Education; Industrial economy, parliament and military. This 

documentary introduces the leaders of these changes and how they 

brought about such modernization to Japan. 

Call Number: 210.7 VIA 

Title: Japan in ruins [videorecording] : Tokyo, the day war ended / 

director, Serge Viallet. 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 104 min.) :sd., 

col., b&w ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD-5 (Region 4, PAL); single layer; anamorphic 

wide screen (16:9) presentation; soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital. 

Language: Soundtrack in English and some Japanese personal narratives. 

English subtitles on the Japanese narratives. 

Rating: OFLC rating: E (exempt from classification). 

Summary: [pt. 1]. Tokyo - the day the war ended: The day after the 

Second World War ended, nine million Japanese are homeless and three 

million have been killed in the war, including 1.3 million civilians who 

died in the massive American bombing campaign of which 

Call Number: 210.762 FIL 

Title: The forgotten force [videorecording] 

Publisher: Lindfield, NSW : Film Australia 1993 




Summary: At the end of WW2 36,000 Australian men and women were 

sent to Japan as part of the British Commonwalth Occupation Force. To 

oversee the "enemy" until a peace treaty was brought into place in 1952. 

This excellent documentary is full of the personal stories of these 

Australians as they struggled to deal with the humungous task of 

occupying Kure and Hiroshima prefecture after the bombing. There are 

also interviews with Japanese nationals that were involved with the 

Australians in friendship and work. No Official recording was given to 

the occupation force and they were denied rights to pensions and medical 

benefits after returning to their homeland. 


Title: Tōkyō・kawariyuku shuto [videorecording] = Tōkyō: the 

changing metropolis / [produced by NHK International].| 東京・変り 

ゆく首都 [videorecording] = Tōkyō: the changing metropolis / 

[produced by NHK International].| 






Summary: "Tokyo changes day by day and moment by moment, at a 

speed unmached by any other city in the world. But there is no systematic 

urban planning guiding Tokyo's growth, so its amoeba-like expansion has 

turned the city into a tangled maze. This programme illuminates the 

psychological foundation of the Tokyo mega-city and considers what the 

future has in store for it." -- from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN. 



Call Number: 210.6 UNI 

Title: Japan : The Changing Tradition - The Meiji Transformation 


Publisher: Lincoln, NE : GPN 1987 




Call Number: 216.4 HYO 

Title: Hyogo rises from the ashes : recovering from the great 

Hanshin-Awaji earthquake [videorecording] 

Publisher: Kobe : Hyogo prefecture 1995 




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Summary: Japan has a new era to develop over the most devastating 

earthquake in Kobe that has killed 5502 people, The Hyogo prefecture is 

develop in aiming for wisdom, courage and hope for the people. The 

devastating earthquake has brought a new light to Kobe as also known as 

Age Of Asia. 

Call Number: 271.5 GON 

Title: Sydney at war : the untold story [videorecording] / directed by 

Claude Gonzalez. 

Publisher: [Artarmon, NSW] : [SBS Australia], 2004 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS-PAL) (52 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 

in. Video Recording 



Rating: G 

Summary: The untold story of the dark deep sea of the Sydney Harbour 

reflects the lives of 21 sailors who had been killed by the invasion of 

Japanese Midget Submarines. The Japanese has invaded the Sydney 

Harbour and the Japanese naval has launched attacks beneath the deep 

water, leaving unforgettable memories and a honourable fight, as the 

Japanese would recall it. As they battled in honours the Japanese naval 

men fought in great expectation and courage as they accomplished their 

duties for their country. However Australia gave honoured and respect to 

the Japanese Soldiers who died and sent their ashes to their home country. 

Language: Feature soundtrack chiefly in Japanese with English subtitles, 

narration translated from the Japanese and dubbe 

Summary: "Beate Shirota [i.e. Sirota] Gordon took part in the drafting of 

a new Japanese constitution following the end of World War II. Daughter 

of the internationally renowned pianist Leo Shirota [i.e. Sirota], she had 

spent many years in Japan with her parents. Knowing the low position 

women occupied in pre-war Japanese society, she wrote an 'equality of 

gender' clause for the document". -- FROM CONTAINER. 



Call Number: 291 NIK 

Title: Oboechao Nihon chizu (Nikku bideo) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Nikku Eizo 1995 



Summary: This is a kid’s program, which teaches children the different 

parts of Japan. Using a cartoon fish character as the narrator, it gives a 

brief explanation of the regions; follow by the prefectures and cities, 

which is within them. Additionally what the city is famous for. In total, 

there are 7 regions in Japan with a total of 47 prefectures. Extra 

information on the mountains, rivers, mountain chain, explanation of 

peninsula, oceans surrounding Japan, bay and lakes are provided 

throughout the program. 

Call Number: 281 KIM 

Title: With a brush between my toe : Okinawa : the days of Hiroko 

Kimura [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International 



Language: Soundtrack in English with some Japanese for interview part. 

Summary: An enlightening documentary about the life if brush artist 

Hiroko Kimura. Born in 1939 Kimura san suffered from Cerebral Palsy at 

age two, this left her with a speech disability and damege to both arms 

and her right leg. This is the story of how she became an accomplished 

artist, poet, guesthouse owner and mother with only the use of her left 

toes. Her daily life is filmed along with interviews with family members 

and friends. 

Call Number: 291.09 SBS 

Title: Fork in Asia Japan [videorecording] 

Publisher: Australia: SBS Australia 2000 




Summary: "In this program Pria revisits Japan to look at the move virant 

ans exciting side. Pria describes the Japanese as having a different 

perception of time and space - he says it's a country of contrasts that put a 

capital C into consumerism. In arguably the most unbanished country of 

the world, getting away from it all is a state of mind. We see the strark 

contrast of life in the northen island of Hokkaido and Tokyo". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 288.45 KYO 

Title: Miyabi no sekai : Kyoto Gosho (NHK bideo) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Kyoiku Shuppan 1989 



Language: Soundtrack in Japanewse. 

Summary: The Imperial Palace at Kyoto, has a history of over 1000 years 

with the influence from China, were built. The video takes you on a tour 

from the Entrance, through to the Shishinteni, Seiryouten, Otsunegoten, 

Kogosho, the different sites within the Imperial palace. A brief 

description of the history, the people, and what has happened in those 

areas through the years are been giving while various shots are shown. 

Towards the end, is the Festival, “Jidai Matsuri”, presenting the changes 

in customs taken place in the city through the years. From the Heian 

Period, to the Meiji Period stood the Imperial Palace, a symbol of the 

Emperor. 

Call Number: 289.53 GOR 

Title: The gift from Beate [videorecording] / executive producer, 

Akamatsu Ryoko, Iwata Kimie, Ochiai Ryo ; written & directed by 

Fujiwara Tomoko. 

Publisher: [Tōkyō : Nippon Eiga Shinsha (manufacturer), c2004].|[ 東 

京 ] : [ 日本映画新社 (manufacturer)], c2004.| 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (92 min.) :sd., col. and b&w ;4 

3/4 in. Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD (All regions, PAL); standard (4:3) 

presentation ; soundtrack in stereo 

Call Number: 291.093 DIS 

Title: Japan ""The land of the rising Sun"" : Tokyo & Yokohama : 

Kyoto, Hakone, Okayama & Kanazawa [videorecording] 

Publisher: Australia : Festival Records 1990 




Summary: "Part 1-Tokyo & Yokohama: Tokyo one of the leargest cities 

in the world, where Japan's traditional past mixes with the streamlined 

present. The bustling sophistication of the Ginza, contrasting streamlined 

with the historic Imperial Palace. The Asalusa Kaminarimon Gate, with 

its famous Temple and unique shopping complex.... the Kabukiza 

Theater.... a visit to a Japanese home... 

Call Number: 291.093 JNT 

Title: Feel & touch Japan : school excursion [video] [videorecording] 

Publisher: Sydney : Japan National Tourist Organization = JNTO Sydney 

Office 2003 




Call Number: 291.093 LON 

Title: The Japan : Tokyo to Taiwan (Lonely planet : the experience) 


Publisher: Australia : Rainbow Products 1997 


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Summary: "Lonly Planet - The Experience translates the approach and 

style of Lonly Planet guidebooks into videos. Each programme captures 

the unplanned exploits of adventurous independent travellers. The only 

thing to expect is the unexpected." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 291.36 GLO 

Title: Tokyo city guide [videorecording] / produced by Pilot Film and 

Television Productions. 

Publisher: [Bendigo, Vic. : Video Education Australia [distributor], 

c2004]. 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (50 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 

printed program support notes (8 p.). Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD (Region code unknown, PAL) 

Summary: Presenter showcases Tokyo and other locations throughout his 

8-day trip during August. This program features modern high technology 

and contemporary subculture scenes such as the Panasonic showroom, 

Roppongi Hills development and Harajuku fashion streets. The presenter 

also travels to Akita, Aomori and Mt. Fuji in his short itinerary and 

experiences some traditional Japanese summer attractions. Some of these 

include Akita Kantō Matsuri and Aomori Nebuta Matsuri. 

Title: Brand new Osaka [videorecording] : Ōsaka ni fuku atarashii 

kaze / seisaku, chosaku [by] Ōsaka Burando Komittī.|Brand new 

Osaka [videorecording] : 大阪に吹く新しい風 / 制作・著作 [by] 大 

阪ブランドコミッティー.| 

Edition: [Japanese ed.] 

Publisher: [Ōsaka-shi] : Ōsaka Burando Komittī, [2005]|[ 大阪市 ] : 大 

阪ブランドコミッティー, [c2005]| 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 122 min) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. 


System requirements:DVD (Region ALL, NTSC). 

Language: Soundtrack in Japanese. 

Call Number: 291.65 ACA 

Title: Historic monuments of ancient Nara : Todai-ji, Kofuku-ji, 

Kasuga-Taisha, Kasugayama primeval forest, Gango-ji, Yakushi-ji, 

Toshodai-ji, Nara palace site (World Heritage) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : The Agency for Cultural Affairs 2000 

Physical description: Video Recording 1 videocassette 



Call Number: 291.6 KAN E 

Title: Kansai, the essence of Japan [videorecording] : the essence of 

Japan is in Kansai / planning by Kansai Council, Kansai 

International Public Relations Promotion Office ; produced by 

Dentsu, Dentsutec. 

Edition: [English ed.] 

Publisher: [Ōsaka-shi] : Kansai Council : Kansai International Public 

Relations Promotion Office, c2005. 



System requirements:DVD (Region ALL, PAL); single layer; letterbox 

(16:9) presentation. 


Call Number: 291.6 KAN J 

Title: Kansai, the essence of Japan [videorecording] : Nihon no 

essensu wa Kansai ni aru / kikaku [by] Kansai Kōiki Renkei 

Kyōgikai, Kansai Kokusai Kōhō Sentā ; seisaku [by] Dentsū, 

Dentsūtekku.|Kansai, the essence of Japan [videorecording] : 日本の 

エッセンスは関西にある / 企画 [by] 関西広域連携協議会 , 関西国際 

広報センター ; 制作 [by] 電通 , 電通テック.| 

Edition: [Japanese ed.] 

Publisher: [Ōsaka-shi] : kansai Kōiki Renkei Kyōgikai : Kansai Kokusai 

Kōhō Sentā, c2005.|[ 大阪市 ] : 関西広域連携協議会 : 関西国際広報セ 

ンター, c2005.| 



System requirements:DVD (Region ALL, PAL) ; single layer ; letterbox 

(16:9) presentation ; soundtrack in stereo. 



Title: A Fork in the Road - Japan [videorecording] 

Publisher: Australia: SBS 1998 

Physical description: 30mins Video Recording 



Summary: "This program takes us to the Japanese culture of Omori. The 

oldest precict in Japan, where we are shown a beautiful, gentle and 

spritual side of Japan, very different from the frenetic images of Tokyo. 

In Omori old Japan has managed to accomodate modern necessities". -- 

FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 302.1 AOT 

Title: Your Life in Japan = Nihon no seikatsu gaido [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Suri E Nettowaku = 3A Corporation 1987 




Call Number: 302.1 JAP 1 

Title: Japanese culture and customs = Nihon no bunka (Japan today ; 

1) [videorecording] 





Summary: The volume introduces modern Japanese culture which is 

mixture of traditional Japanese culture and Western culture. The video 

features Japanese everyday lifestyle which maintains traditional culture 

and at the same time succeeds in adopting foreign culture. 

Call Number: 291.63 BRA 3 

Title: Brand new Osaka [videorecording] : new breeze blowing to 

Osaka / produced by Osaka Brand Committee. 


Publisher: [Ōsaka-shi] : Osaka Brand Committee, [2005] 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 122 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. 




Call Number: 291.63 BRA J 


Title: Japanese culture and customs = Nihon no bunka (Japan today ; 





Summary: The volume introduces modern Japanese culture which is 

mixture of traditional Japanese culture and Western culture. The video 

features Japanese everyday lifestyle which maintains traditional culture 

and at the same time succeeds in adopting foreign culture. 


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Title: Lifestyle in Japan = Nihon no seikatsu (Japan today ; 11) 






Summary: This volume looks at various parts of lifestyle such as housing, 

food and journalism in Japan. 

Call Number: 302.1 NEW 2 

Title: The New Japanese Episode 2 [videorecording] 

Publisher: USA: TBS Productions 1991 




Title: Traditional culture = Dentō bunka [videorecording] 

Series title: Japan today : video library ;20 

Publisher: Tokyo : Intervoice, [199-]. 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (approx. 45 

min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video Recording 



Summary: This video takes you on a tour of Japan through the 

representative traditional cultural assets of Japan such as Zen and Kabuki. 

Call Number: 302.1 NHK 

Title: 'Nihon rikai no kagi' : sanpuru-ban = Keys to Japan : video 

sampler [videorecording] / [produced by NHK International].|「日本 

理解の鍵」 : サンプル版 = Keys to Japan : video sampler 

[videorecording] / [produced by NHK International].| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō] : NHK International, |[ 東京 ] : NHK International, | 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, NTSC) (approx. 50 min.) :sd., 

col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 


Language: Japanese dialogues with English subtitles. 

Call Number: 302.1 KAI N-27 

Title: Sekai ni tsunagaru Nihon no kurashi (Kaigai shijo no tame no 

Nihongo gakushu bideo kyozai ; seikatsu-hen non guredo ; N-27) 


Publisher: Tokyo : Nihon Terebi Bunka Jigyodan 1980 




Call Number: 302.1 NAT 

Title: Japan, of tradition and change [videorecording] / [produced by 

National Geographic Society's Television and Educational Films 

Division in association with Tak Inagaki Productions]. 

Series title: National Geographic video ;056. 

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1980. 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS, PAL) (24 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 




Summary: Teruko Kaida lives with her family in a suburb of Tokyo. 

Teruko's father died in 1975, and as the eldest child, Teruko works to 

contribute to her younger siter's education. She is part of a growing group 

of Japanese women who have joined the work force. Teruko works at the 

headquarters of Isetan, one of Japan's leading department stores. The 

department sotre plays a unique role in contemporary Japanese life, 

providing much more than merchandise for the modern Japanese family. 


Title: Nations of the world [videorecording] Japan / producer Stewart 

MacLennan ; director Stafford Garner. 


Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic Society; Monavale, 

N.S.W. : Key Book Services [distributor], c1987. 


in.+ 1 teacher's guide pamphlet. Video Recording 



Summary: Tells how Japan has manufactured and exported its way to 

prominence in the modern world. Examines geography, economics, and 

politics in Japan today. 

Call Number: 302.1 NEW 1 

Title: The New Japanese Episode 1 [videorecording] 

Publisher: USA: TBS Productions 1991 



Call Number: 302.1 TAF 

Title: Getting to Know Japan Through TAFE [videorecording] 

Publisher: Australia: National Resource Centre 1980 




Summary: This is a recording of a Japanese cultural day held at TAFE, it 

is a basic introduction toJapanese culture hosted by four Japanese 

students. It includes two performance of traditional Japanese dance, a 

discussion about Japanese kimono, an origami class and a cooking class. 


Title: Democratic governments [videorecording] Japan / produced 

and directed by Stafford Garner ; production company Garner 

MacLennan Films. 


Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society; Monavale, 

N.S.W. : Key Book Services [distributor], c1992. 


in. + 1 teacher's guide folded sheet. Video Recording 



Summary: Japan's economic success is well known, but its system of 

democratic government is not widely understood. This video shows how 

Japan has adapted Western-style democracy to create a unique form of 

government influenced by Japanese history and culture. Students first 

learn about changes that took place in Japanese government, as japan 

evolved form a country ruled by powerful shoguns to a young democracy 

instituted after World War 2. 


Title: Running and running for mayor [videorecording] = [Chiiki 

shakai to senkyosen] / producer, Masanori Nakasone ; teleplay, 

Marilyn Nissenson ; executive producers, Jonathan Donald, Hirohisa 

Ohta.|Running and running for mayor [videorecording] = 地域社会 

と選挙戦 / producer, Masanori Nakasone ; teleplay, Marilyn 

Nissenson ; executive producers, 

Series title: Faces of Japan ;12 

Publisher: Tokyo : Intervoice, c1986. 

Physical description: 1 videocassette :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video Recording 1 

booklet (22 p.) 


Language: Soundtrack in English. Libretto in English and Japanese. 

Summary: This volume follows two politicians running for Mayor in 

Hakuba, Nagano prefecture. The video features the election campaigns by 

candidates and supporting groups. 

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Title: Diary of police post = Koban nisshi [English edition] (Faces of 






Summary: The effectiveness of Japanese Police who are admired as the 

world's most successful police force can be characterized by the loyalty 

and dedication of its members as well as the close relationships between 

police and their communities. This volume follows a police officer who 

works in central Tokyo and introduces his routines in the community. 

Call Number: 317.7 WAY 15E 

Title: A policeman's story = Keisatsukan monogatari [English 

edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) 


Publisher: Tokyo : Bonjinsha 1995 




Summary: This volume features a police officer who works in a police 

box in Shizuoka prefecture. The video introduces his public life as a 

policeman with various types of duties as well as his private life as an 

amatuer movie maker. 

Call Number: 317.7 WAY 15J 

Title: A policeman's story = Keisatsukan monogatari [Japanese 







Summary: "Japan has an enviable reputation for public security. 

Supporting this are the more 15,000 policemen who work all over the 

country in neighborhood police boxes. This program features Senior 

Policeman Yamada, who works in a police box in Shizuoka Prefecture, 

southwest of Tokyo. Officer Yamada's hobby is making movies on video, 

and through both the public and personal aspects of his life we cpme to 

appreciate his commitment to interaction with people of the region". -- 


Call Number: 319.1 JET 

Title: The JET Programme - Welcome to Japan [videorecording] 

Publisher: Japan: CLAIR 2000 




Summary: The JET Program has been running for almost 15 years and 

has continued to expand over that time. This is an introductory guide to 

the program, which covers the 3-day orientation session and intriduces 

the two roles that JET program consists of, the Assistant Language 

Teacher (ALT) position and the Coordinator for International Relations 

(CIR). The documentary follows an English Assistant Language Teacher 

named Lyn through the first 6 months of her term. We are also introduced 

to other JET veterans who talk about their experiences and what they 

think is the most important aspect of the program. 


Title: Hello! furusato = Haro furusato [English edition] (The way of 

life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 





Summary: It focuses on the "Furusato" pictured by people in Iiyama, 

Nagano, and a German woman, Ann Haswell. Ms. Haswell went to 

Japan as a cordinator of International Relations through the JET Program, 

and renewed her contract with the city of Iiyama after JET. It will 

introduce activities that she does with the people in Iiyama. 


Title: Cultural Exchange Between America and Japan = Nichibei 

Koryu (Japan Today ; 8) [videorecording] 




Language: Soundtrack chiefly in English with some Japanese. 

Summary: Although US-Japan exchange has been very active in terms of 

materials and trade, exchange of ordinary people and mutual 

understanding still has a long way to go. This volume looks at various 

cases in which human level communication is achieved. 

Call Number: 319.8 HIR 

Title: Contact me, please! = Onegai oshirasekudasai : Hiroshima, 

yomigaeru 55-nenme no dengon (NHK International video library ; 

Genbaku kanren bangumi) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International 




Summary: Fukuro-machi Elementary School was one of Hiroshima’s 

only standing buildings remaining, after the August 6, 1945 atomic blast. 

Converted into a temporary first aid station, people flocked to 

Fukuromachi in search of loved ones. In hope of getting news from their 

missing family members, messages of hope were left behind, written in 

chalk on the walls. After renovation of Fukuromachi shortly after the war, 

these messages were believed to have been lost forever. In 1999 however, 

after a section of plaster had pealed away from the wall, these messages 

of hope were once again revealed. 



Call Number: 319.8 NAG 

Title: Dr. Nagai's earnest prayer = Nagasaki no kane wa 

naritsuzukeru : Nagai Takashi, yomigaeru heiwa e no messeji (NHK 

International video library ; Genbaku kanren bangumi) 









Title: Sadako's story [videorecording] : Hiroshima remembered / 

directed by Eiji Murata and Shinsuke Sakamoto ; producer: Akira 

Kitade, Hideaki Kumai, Hirokazu Kawara. . 

Publisher: Bendigo, Vic. : Video Education Australia [distributor], 1999. 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (74 min.) :sd., col. with b&w 

sequences ;1/2 in. Video Recording 


Language: Soundtrack dubbed in English. 

Summary: "Every year on August 6th people observe Hiroshima Day to 

mourn the victims of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan. Sadako 

Sasaki was one of those victims. Her short and tragic life inspired the 

highly regarded children's book "Sadako and Thousand Paper Cranes" 

which has become an international bestseller and a touchstone of the antinuclear 

movement". -- FROM CONTAINER. 

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Title: Japan - It's Economic Performance [videorecording] 

Publisher: Loganholme D. C., QLD : Marcom Procjects 1992 




Summary: "After the boom in economic growth, Japan seems to have 

fallen into a recession. Dateline looks at present day Japan and the quality 

of life for 125 milion Japanese". -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Title: A Small Business = Shacyo Funsenki [English edition] (Faces of 






Summary: The volume introduces the hard working of owner of a small 

business. The president who runs a small metal company faces a 

problem: his business is in trouble because of the strong yen. He tries to 

develop new products to help his business. 


Title: Japan's corporate system : the role of the entrepreneur = 

Kigyokatachi no kokoro ni nagareru mono (Nippon : the land and its 

people = Nihon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 9) [videorecording] 





Summary: "The role of the Entrepreneur; This video follows the daily life 

of two company presidents, one of a leading manufacturing firm and the 

other in the service industry, who have risen in a single genertaion to the 

top of their respective industries. It is an impressive portrayal of the 

underlying principles at work in Japanese management. In their corporate 

outlook, customer relations, business planning, decision-making process 

and resilience to changing times, this video shows a management theory 

in practics, one that is relevent the world over". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: The day of a female entrepreneur = Josei shacho no hibi 

[English edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no 

raifusutairu) [videorecording] 




Summary: This volume introduces the success and struggle of three 

women who freed themselves from the conventional stereotype of 

Japanese women and started their own businesses. 


Title: The day of a female entrepreneur = Josei shacho no hibi 

[Japanese edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no 





Language: Soudtrack in Japanese. 

Summary: "More and more Japanese women are setting up and running 

their own companies as a means to take control of their working lives and 

adapting them to the requirements of their existances as women. The 

program explores this and other factors contributing to a Japanese 

woman's desire to be an enterpreneur. We see what everyday lif eis 

actually like for three women who are presidents of theri own companies, 

and hear what each has to say about her work". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: An American Businessman in Japan = Zainichi Amerika Kigyo 

[English edition] (Faces of Japan ; 9) [videorecording] 





Summary: This volume focuses on an American businessman who sells 

American houses. He is virtually on his own and faces various cultural 

barriers on his way to proceed with his business. 

Call Number: 336 LAS 

Title: Japan Inc : lessons for North America : why are the Japanese 

such successful businessmen [videorecording] 

Publisher: Montreal, Quebec : National Film Board of Canada 1980 




Summary: "WHy has Japan succeeded in automating and computerizing 

her industry at an unpraralleled rate Why are the Japanese such 

successful businessmen This film examines a labor and management 

philosophy which is in striking contrast to that of the West. For the 

Japanese worker, a job is a lifetime commitment, for his employer a 

lifetime responsibility. There is no question of outsiders ever filling a top 

management position. For th 110 milion people of Japan, survival means 

doing things together - a concept that is based on cooperation rather than 

confrontation as in Western industrial nations. Just now this level of 

achivement has been reached is the subject of this absorbing documentary 

on Jpanese business and industry". -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 336.4 KAT 

Title: Good-bye Japan corporation (New horizons ; Japan) 






Summary: Since the economic bubble burst, corporate Japan has been 

restrucuring, Mr Yoshikawa is one of the casualities - a "corporate 

warrior" who served his company faithfully for years but now faces 

retrenchment. He decides to fight back, joining the Tokyo Managers 

Union which helps middle managers cope with the shock of dismissal. 

The truble is, Mr Yoshikawa still hasn't told his wife... 


Title: Japanese Economy = NIhon no Keizai (Japan Today ; 15) 






Summary: This video introduces Japanese economy by comparing prices 

and companies in Japan and U.S. Also, analysis of various aspects of 

Japanese business leads us to understand the of Japanese economy system. 



Title: Leaving the Shipyard = Nihon no Zosen Sangyokozo no henka 

no nakade [English edition] (Faces of Japan ; 23) [videorecording] 




Language: Soundtrack cheifly in English with some Japanese. 

Summary: This volume introduces a man working at the shipyard who 

has asked for an assignment away from home because of the company's 

having hard times. It also explains how he feels about the assignments 

and his decision for his future. 

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Call Number: 338 FAC 22 

Title: East Of Wall Street = Toyo no Wallgai Amelikajin Syokenman 






Summary: This volume introduces three American stock brokers who 

work in the stock exchange in Tokyo by visiting their jobsites, home and 

days-off. 


Summary: "Ever since Buddhism first arrived, Japan has been adopting 

and adapting foreign cultures in a unique way. On the surface it may 

seem that new technologies, customs and social systems have been 

embraced in their entirety. But look below the surface and Japan's 

cultural core -- the national worldview and philosophy -- has remained 

virtually free of foreign influence. So what is the primal worldview that 

Japanese have clung to so tenaciously through the ages This programme 

wraps up the series by considering from a contemporary viewpoint the 

various expressions of Japanese mind and philosophy examined in the 

first nine programmes." -- from 300 TV programmes on Japan. 

Call Number: 338.1 SAK 5 

Title: Sakai Noriko no yoiko no ohanashi hiroba. Kobutori jiisan. 

Urashima Tarō [videorecording]| 酒井法子のよいこのおはなしひろ 

ば ; こぶとりじいさん. うらしまたろう. [videorecording].| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kingu Rekōdo, 2003.|[ 東京 ] : キングレコード, 

2003.| 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, NTSC, region 2) (44 min.) :sd., 

col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet. Video Recording 


Language: Language option in narration. 


Title: The Mentality of Japanese People [videorecording] 

Publisher: North Sydney, NSW : The Japan Foundation. Japanese 

Cultural Centre 1993 



Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English Interpreter. 

Summary: This is a recording of a lecture given by visiting Professor 

Nakanishi, from the International Reserch Centre for Japanese Studies in 

Japan, at the Japan Foundation Sydney on the 22nd May 1993. This video 

includes the 60-minute lecture and the 20-minute Q&A session with the 

audience. Nakanishi tries to rationalize the development of the Japanese 

psyche through the history of the language and its relationship with 

nature. 

Call Number: 361.5 CAS 

Title: Tokyo techno tribes [videorecording] 




Language: Soundtrack chiefly in English with some Japanese for 

interview parts. 


Title: Cultural Exchange = Bunka Koryu (Japan Today ; 18) 






Summary: This video portrays foreigners working in Japan and shows 

how active they are in their fields. 


Title: 21-seiki eno chōsen [videorecording] = Adventure on the way to 

the 21st century / [produced by NHK International].|21 世紀への挑 

戦 [videorecording] = Adventure on the way to the 21st century / 


Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, [c1987-1988]. 



System requirements:DVD(NTSC). 

Call Number: 361.5049 COZ 

Title: Kiwi tsunami [videorecording] 

Publisher: [Tokyo] : Surge Production 2003 

Physical description: 95 min. :sd., col ;1/2 in.+ 1 booklet Video 

Recording 

System requirements:VHS (PAL). 

Language: Soundtrack in Japanese. Each episode recorded twice, the 

later take with English subtitles. 


Title: Ano machi kono machi (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 

gakushu bideo kyozai ; Seikatsu-hen ; N-10) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Nihon Terebi Bunka Jigyodan 1980s 





Title: Japanese society : in Tokyo and in the country = Tokyo no 

kurashi, chiho no kurashi (Nippon : the land and its people = Nihon 

sono sugata to kokoro; 6) [videorecording] 





Summary: Joys and troubles in the daily lives of the Japanese. This video 

introduces the lives of those in the older sections of Tokyo who still 

regard neighborly relationships as important amid the abnormally high 

land and commodity prices of this densely populated international city, 

people in new housing developments in regional communities, and people 

living in the countryside, troubled with the problems of young people 

leaving for the cities and a lack of people to take over their farms. 

Through the story of a university student and his life in Tokyo, the video 

elucidates how the modern japanese associate with one another and the 

present state of their local communities, as well as what's behind the 

concentration of the population in Tokyo, and Japan's social structure. -- 

From the video package. 


Title: Working for urban fashion trends = Ryuko o tsukuru 

wakamono (NHK International video library ; Japanese lifestyle 

today = Nihonjin no kurashi ; 9) [videorecording] 





Summary: "The revolutionary, the exciting, the stylish, the cool--many 

cultural trends are led by the young generation. This programme provides 

a portrait of some of the young people working as fashion designers, 

stylists, interior coordinators, hair stylists, and image planners who value 

independence and the freedom to direct urban fashion trends." -- From 

NHK International TV Programme catalogue 



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Title: The Japanese businessman : the fighting spirit within the 

Group etthsc = Nihon no bijinesuman : shudan no naka de no 

""ganbari"" no kokoro (Nippon : the land and its people = Nihon : 

sono sugata to kokoro ; 2) [videorecording] 





Summary: "The secret of Japan's success - The Japanese businessman. 

Presented here is his life, as reported through interviews with three 

generations of businessmen. The balancing of relationship with fellow 

workers, clients, and his own family. The late naight, the weekends of 

work, the worries over mortgages and retirement. The changing climate 

in which he works, as the life-long employment system gives way to a 

more survival oriented one. The heart of Japan as revealed through its 

businessmen." -- FROM CONTAINER. 




Summary: This video illustrates various stresses disturbing the present 

Japanese society. And at the same time, it makes us think how we should 

react to such stresses in the future. 

Call Number: 365 JAP 3 

Title: Everyday Life in Japan = Nichijyo Seikatsu (Japan Today ; 3) 





Language: Soundtrack chiefly in English. 

Summary: This volume introduces everyday life in Japan by focusing on 

the different aspects from America. 

Call Number: 362.04 FEU 1 

Title: Japan : The Living Tradition - The Feudal Experience Part 1 






Summary: A comprehensive introduction to the emerging culture of the 

Samurai and an early history of the ruling of Jpaan. The relationship 

between the Imperial Court and the Samurai is explained along with the 

uedal system. Part 1 concludes with the Mongol invasions and the 

Daimyo Lords. 

Call Number: 362.04 FEU 2 

Title: Japan: The Living Tradition - The Feudal Experience Part 2 






Summary: Part 2 of this series covers rom mid 16th centry right up until 

1853. Three great Leaders of this period are presented Nobunaga, 

Hideyoshi amd Tokugawa and the changes they made to Japanese society. 

The Tokugawa period is examinesin detail from its success in creating 

peace to its fall under international trade. 

Call Number: 362.1 AIM 

Title: The Japanese way of life [videorecording] 

Publisher: Van Nuys, CA : AIMS Media 1989 




Summary: "Japan's unique style of doing business, its success in 

manufacturing and trade, its social customs and practices, and its 

economic relationship with the United States are revealed in this up-todate 

survey. In order to inderstand Japan's reemarkable post-war 

economic recovery, the program examines... ・The success of Nintendo, 

the dominant video game company in the U.S. market. ・ The Japanese 

work ethic and loyalty to company, discusses by workers at a Minolta 

plant. ・ The importance of traditional Japanese values -"the Jpaanese 

way" - in theri business world. ・ The differences between family life in 

Japan and the United States. ・ The role of women in Japanese society" . 

-- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Manner and Society in Japan = Nihon no Shakai , Fuzoku 

(Japan Today ; 13) [videorecording] 



Title: Leisure & sports in Japan = Nihon no reja to supotsu (Japan 

today ; 17) [videorecording] 





Summary: This video portrays some of the popular leisure time activities 

including sports that Japanese people enjoy doing these days. 

Call Number: 366.271QAN 

Title: Shorai = The future [videorecording] 

Publisher: Sydney : QANTAS 1993 



Summary: "Shorai is the Japanese word for the future. This kit containing 

a video and booklet, highlight the expanding career opportunities 

available for Australians who have aquired Japanese language skills. The 

video profiles eleven young Australians discussing their work in a variety 

of occupations abd the booklet examines the "where, why and how" of 

career oppotunities". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Fathers at night school = Kyaria appu! ganbaru otosan (NHK 

International video library ; Japanese lifestyle today = Nihonjin no 

kurashi ; 1) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Many Japanese companies are now reconsidering the 

traditional seniority system and the concept of lifetime employment. It is 

clear that compnay workers need more qualifications and higher skills to 

survive in the future. This programme introduces the lives of middle-aged 

salaried workers who are studying hart at night school to improve their 

credentials." --From NHK International TV Programme catalogue 




Title: Working women : personal and social goals = Hataraku 

joseitachi : ikigai o motomete (Nippon : the land and its people = 

Nippon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 11) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Japanese women, who heve sought employment in 

remarkable numbers since the end of WW, now account for half of the 

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work force. This video shows their roles both at home and at work. You 

will be able to get glimpses of single women office staff in their 20s and 

housewives in their 40s reentering the job market asa part-time workers 

as well as socially active career women as they recount their reality, 

problems, and hopes with a touch of humor. The camera takes you into 

the everyday life and consciousness of these women to give us a deeper 

understanding of the Japanese female in modern day society". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: Crafts of Edo [videorecording] 




Summary: This documentary honors the Edo craftmen of Japan, from the 

past and the present. Commenting on the intense years of observation for 

training and subborn will that it takes to master an art. Today's traditional 

craftmen are still working in the same way that their ancestors did in Edo 

times. The history of Edo with its craftmen, cinsumers and merchants is 

explained and linked to today's artists. 


Title: Free-lance part-timer = Furita [Japanese edition] (The way of 






Summary: "A "freeter" is a person who's left school and does a number of 

jobs part time for short periods rather than working for one company for 

life. Freeters first emerged in Japan as result of changing values among 

young people, and in response to a chronic shortage if labor. Their 

numbers continue to increase. Here we meet two freeters: one is 25-yearold 

man who dropped out of university in his third year and is now 

seeking to exploit his full potencial via a wide variety of jobs; the other is 

a 20-year-old woman who came to Tokyo in the hope of becoming an 

actress and continues to nurture this dream while working part time and 

living in lodgings". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Mastery of the chef's blade = Hocho ippon [English edition] 

(The way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) 






Summary: In the world of the traditional Japanese chef, it is said a 

newcomer takes 15 years to make the grade: the system of apprenticeship 

still exists and each aspiring craftsman has to battle a harsh meritocracy. 

This volume shows the life of a young man who strives to be a chef and 

his struggle through their early apprenticeship. 


Title: Mastery of the chef's blade = Hocho ippon [Japanese edition] 







Summary: "There are about half a milion restaurants and bars in Japan, 

providing employment for some 2.3 milion people. Restaurants in Tokyo 

offer all of the major international styles of cooking including, of course, 

Jpanese cuisine. In the world of the traditional Japanese chef, a system of 

apprenticeship still exists and each aspiring craftman has to battle through 

a harsh meritocracy. In this profession it's said to take a newcomer 15 

years to make the grade, but young people are still drawn to it. In this 

program, we look at the traditional hierachey preserved behind the scenes 

at a Japanese restaurant in an ultra-modern hotel. We find out what kind 

of life a young man leads as he and his contemporaries struggle through 

their early apprenticeship, constantly wary of the master chef they hold in 

awe". -- FROM CONTAINER 


Title: Free-lance part-timer = Furita [English edition] (The way of 






Summary: This volume illustrates 'Freeter', young people who work at a 

number of jobs part time for short periods rather than one company for 

life. The woman who wants to to be an actress, and the man who would 

like to be an inventor-these two Freeters' value of life and reactions of 

people around them are portrayed. 


Title: The Hanawa Family - A Japanese Family Nihon no Kazoku 





Summary: Old Japan vs New Japan in this insightful documentary. 

Family members in this extended family are introduced along with their 

personal history they live in a typical high density Tokyo suburb. There 

are four generations who co-exist in their various private and public roles, 

The war and later economic growth in Japan are linked to the social 

changes that have taken place in society, and this has lead to the changes 

of Japanese families. 


Title: The Story of Noriko = Noriko no Baai [English edition] (Faces 

of Japan ; 1) [videorecording] 





Summary: This volume is about Noriko who is 21 years old and her 

struggle to forge a career for herself. Noriko, as a modern young woman, 

wants desperately to begin a career in Tokyo, but her parents expect her 

to have omiai and have arranged marriage in her home town in the north 

of Japan. This is not the only barrier for her in achieving her goal. She is 

also confronted by the fact that when looking for a job most of the 

position of significance are open only for men. The video introduces 

Noriko's struggle toward her goal. 

Call Number: 367.21 LAS 

Title: Japanese Women [videorecording] 

Publisher: South Melbourne, VIC : Australian Film Institute 1984 




Summary: "A film for those seeking insight into contemporary Japanese 

society, this one-hour documentary examines the status of women in 

Japan. Through a well-balanced blend of archival footage, candid 

interviews and fly-on -the-well scenes of women at home and in the 

workplace, it investigates Japanese lifestyle, social values, labor practices 

and the women's movement. A film highly recommended for students of 

Sociology and Far Eastern and Women's Studies, as well as for those who 

intend to visit or do business in Japan." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


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Title: Human Face of Japan - 5 Part Series [videorecording] 


Physical description: 166 Video Recording 



Summary: In Japan the big company always supplies. The Uchida family 

work for Mazda, they live in company accommodation, go to the 

company hospital, and were even married in the company-wedding hall. 

The workforce is changing in Japan and there are the winners and losers 

in the system as the day laborers are often out sight along with Japans 

homeless. 




Summary: This volume introduces the lifestyles of three housewives who 

represent different age groups. The first housewife has her hands full 

looking after her young child. The second is older; her children are at 

school and she has started to enjoy her own spare time by being active in 

a sports club and having a part time job. The third housewife has grownup 

children, and she enjoys her life fully by teaching a cooking class to 

housewives and being active in a local chorus group. 


Title: The Japanese family : the lifestyle of the businessman = Nihon 

no katei seikatsu : daitokai no sarariman setai (Nippon : the land and 

its people = Nihon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 3) [videorecording] 





Call Number: 367.3 OLI 

Title: Working together (Family ; Japan) [videorecording] 




Summary: "Come into the homes of these families, share their joys and 

sufferings, explore their relationships, learn about their world and 

discover how families from around the globe live. Family is a 10th part of 

series that examines the role that the family plays in the life of individual, 

in its community and country". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Business bachelors = Tanshin funin [English edition] (The way 

of life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 





Summary: This volume introduces father who lives alone for the work 

and his family who are staying home. The video features everyday 

lifesyle of a man who lives alone in Nagano. The video focuses on the 

ties between husband and wife which becomes stronger as they are 

separted. 


Title: Business bachelors = Tanshin funin [Japanese edition] (The 

way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) [Japanese edition] 






Summary: "More than 200,000 Japanese work away from home and the 

families they support. Many factors may contribute to a person's 

becoming a " Business Bachelor" of this sort. In this program we take a 

kook at life for a man who runs a branch office in a regional city, and we 

see evidence to suggest that the emotional ties between the man and his 

family are if anything strengthened by the experience, thanks to the help 

and support he receives from his wife and daughters". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: Housewives = Tokon shufu jijo [English edition] (The way of 

life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu ; 7) [videorecording] 



Title: Housewives = Tokon shufu jijo [Japanese edition] (The way of 

life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu ; 7) [videorecording] 





Summary: "A tale of three women in Tokyo who present different age 

groups and pursue different lifestyles, but who are all typical Japanese 

housewives. The first woman has her hands full looking after her young 

children. The second is older; her children are at school and she can do 

virtually what she wants: apart from being active in the school's parentteacher's 

association, she works part time and belongs to a sports club. 

The third housewife has grown-up children, and she and her husband are 

able to pursue-common interests together. Three women, three generation 

-- and three intriguing portraits of life as a Jpanaese housewife". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: The family life of a ""salaryman"" = Sarariman ikka no 

Nichiyobi [English edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihon jin no 






Summary: This volume focuses on how salarymen and their families 

spend their weekends. It shows two contrasting types of fathers: one 

who has three sons and a fearsome reputation as a father, and the other 

with two daughters and a reputation for kindness. 


Title: The family life of a ""salaryman"" = Sarariman ikka no 

Nichiyobi [Japanese edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihon jin no 






Summary: "Japan has about 50 milion white-collar wage earners, who are 

commonly referred to as "Salarymen". These men have been described as 

worker bees, and attention often focuses on waht they do at the office... 

but what of the sakarymen at home How does he spend his day off and 

Sundays In this program we see two contrasting salarymen... one who 

has three sons and a fearsome reputation as a father, and another with two 

daughters and a reputation for kindness. By looking at how both families 

spend their weekends, we gain insights into the salaryman's leisure life". - 

- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 367.6 CHI 

Title: Children of the Tribe [videorecording] 

Publisher: Canada: National Film Board Canada 1996 




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Summary: "This award-wininig film about parenting and education in 

Japan brings out the striking contrasts between Japanese and Western 

family life and schooling, and illustrates the two seemingly contradictory 

elements of Jpanese society; great competitivness and great dependence 

on the group. Nuances of manner and behaviour are recordes in a way 

that will inspire thoughtful consideration of the collective experience". -- 




Summary: This video presents the different dreams for the future of some 

of Japans youth. From the Tokyo Entrance exam successes to young 

people living alternative lifestyles Farming Sea salt. The struggle of 

Japan's youth is becoming a huge social problem, as many are frustrated 

with the narrow choices laid out before them. 

Call Number: 367.61 CLA 

Title: Growing up in modern Japan [videorecording] 

Publisher: Warriewood, NSW : Classroom Video 1999 



Summary: "Eri lives in Nagoya, one of the largest cities in Japan. When 

she grows up, she wants to write comic books. Kaosu and Raki live in the 

small farming village of Obara. Raki wants to work overseas, Kaosu 

wants to be a vet. The daily lives of these children from the basis of this 

video, which explores modern Japan. Interviews with the children, their 

families, teachers, and friends provide unique insights into Japanese 

people and their culture. Images of school, games, meals and homes 

allow students, to discuss the differences with their own lives. Through a 

contrast of city and country living, the video examines different aspects 

of Japanese culture including food, festivals, technology, sports, art and 

music. From origami to high-tech video games, Sumo wrestling to 

Karaoke, this video depicts a fascinating culture that blends ancient 

traditions with modern lifestyle". -- FRON CONTAINER. 


Title: Childhood in modern Japan = Nihon no kodomo (Japan today ; 






Summary: It portrays Japanese children while focusing on the children's 

life from pre-school to college and changes in the mother's role in the 

modern society of Japan. 


Title: Growing up in Japan = Nihon no kodomo (Japan today ; 9) 






Summary: This volume introduces the lives and experiences of Japanese 

children from various aspects from education to playing games. 


Title: The New Generation = Nihon no Wakamono [English edition] 

(Faces of Japan ; 5) [videorecording] 





Summary: This volume introduces lifestyle and values of the new 

generation called "neo-homosapiens." The video focuses on an elite high 

school student who dreams to be a popular musician and follows his 

dream while pressed to prepare for the juken , entrance exam for 

university. 


Title: Voices of young Japan = Nihon no wakamono wa ima 


Publisher: Tokyo : Kokusai Koryu Kikin = The Japan Foundation 1979 



Title: Senior citizen power = Jukunen pawa (NHK International 

video library ; Japanese lifestyle today = Nihonjin no kurashi ; 3) 






Summary: "More than 10% of Japan's population is now over 65 years 

old. However, many elderly people are still very energetic and young at 

heart, and they have plenty of time on their hands. Today they are playing 

various important roles in the local community, such as working as 

volunteers." --From NHK International TV Programme catalogue 

Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Laon. Licensed for public 



Title: The Silent Question - The Fourth Season [videorecording] 

Publisher: Australia : [SBS Australia] 




Summary: "This program takes us to Japan and explores how the aged 

cope with their lives. It also takes a general look at Japan's health system". 



Title: A second chance = Hanazakari daini no jinsei [English edition] 







Summary: This volume features the lifestyles of the older generation who 

relish a broad range of interests and enjoy their second youth are featured. 


Title: A second chance = Hanazakari daini no jinsei [Japanese 







Summary: "The population of Jpan is about 120 milion, of whom about 

15 milion are aged 65 or over. These are people who experienced the 

Second world War and lived through the period of economic hardship 

that followed it. As members of a generation that was single-mindedly 

devoted to the development of Jpan, they never had a chance to enjoy 

their childhood and younger days. But now thoes of them in atable 

circumstances are making the most of a :second youth". Here we are 

members of this older generation relishing a broad range of interests. In 

scenes of everyday lives filled with vintage cars, dancing, poetry recitals 

and even rugby, we find out more about this generation and the way they 

think". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


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Title: Cram School = Jyuken Sangyo [English edition] (Faces of 






Summary: This volume introduces the importance of the college entrance 

exam in the lives of young Japanese and their families, and thus the 

importance of the cram school for those who failed the exam. The video 

focuses on two roonin who have failed the exam. One left home in 

Hiroshima to attend a famous cram school in Tokyo and earns his living 

as a newspaper delivery boy. The other lives with the family, attends a 

cram school, and endures hard suffering from the pressure by his parents. 


Title: From Swords to Factories = Kulafutoman sippu [English 

edition] (Faces of Japan ; 8) [videorecording] 





Summary: This volume introduces the story of a swordmaking master and 

his son whose art and craftsmanship has been handed down from 

generation to generation. It also tells the story of a young steelworker 

who works with the same zeal and his commitment as the craftsmen. 

Both stories reveal that the unique working spirit and disciplines 

contribute to the high quality and productivity of Japanese workmanship. 


Title: Education in Japan : children and their dreams = Nihon no 

kyoiku : kodomotachi to sono yume (Nippon : the land and its people 

= Nihon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 10) [videorecording] 





Summary: "This look at two urban households with school-age children 

gives us some insight into the Japanese education system which relies 

heavily on test scores to rank students and their attitude. We will see how 

Japanese students get through exam hell. Interviews with students and the 

future but also that frustration that this conpetitive system had bred. This 

video has Japanese children as they are and how they question the 

meaning of contemporary affluence". -- FROM CONATINER. 


Title: Gakko no ichi-nen (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu 

bideo kyozai ; seikatsu-hen ; N20) [videorecording] 




Language: Instructions given in Japanese. 


Title: Undokai (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu bideo 

kyozai ; seikatsu-hen ; N9) [videorecording] 






Title: Jugyo fukei (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu bideo 







Title: Healthcare at an elementary school : the role of a nurse's office 

= Shogakko no hoken : hokenshitsu no yakuwari (NHK International 

video library ; The Japanese approach to medical service and 

healthcare = Nihon no hoken, iryo ; 2) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Healthcare education is an important part of the Japanese 

school curriculum. Every school has a nurse's office that provides such 

education, as well as first aid and a place to discuss personal problems. 

The programme looks at a nurse's office in an elementary school, 

focusing on caregivers and children in need." --From NHK International 

TV Programme catalogue. 




Title: Iinkai katsudo Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu bideo 







Title: Kurabu katsudo Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu 







Title: Minna de benkyo : sansu Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 

gakushu bideo kyozai ; seikatsu-hen ; N3) [videorecording] 






Title: Ichi-nichi no gakko seikatsu Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 





Language: Soundtrack chiefly in Japanese. 


Title: Tanoshii gakko (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu 







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Title: Lessons for life = Shikanoyama shogakko [Japanese edition] 







Summary: "Nestling in the hills near the Tokyo Bay. Kanozan 

Elementary School has eight members of staff and only four students. Ths 

children aren't complaining, though. As one girl puts it: "The young 

teachers are like brothers and sisters, and the Principal is like a father or a 

mother." A glimpse of the gentlr routine at a school that's regarded by its 

students as a home from home". -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 376.21 YOK 

Title: Yōkoso! Sakura Shōgakkō e [videorecording] : minna nakama 

da : jissha eizō de manabu Nihon no gakkō seikatsu to kotoba / 

kikaku, seisaku [by] Kokusai Nihongo Fukyū Kyōkai (AJALT).|よう 

こそ! さくら小学校へ [videorecording] : みんななかまだ : 実写映 

像で学ぶ日本の学校生活とことば / 企画・制作 [by] 国際日本語普及 

協会 (AJALT).| 

Publisher: [Japan] : Yunikōn [production company]; [Tōkyō] : 

Gakushū Kenkyūsha [production company], [2007]|[Japan] : ユニコー 

ン [production company] ; [Tōkyō] : 学習研究社 [production company], 

[2007]| 

ISBN: 978-4-906096-38-1 


1 booklet (53 p.). Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD (NTSC, All regions), dual layer, standard 

(4:3) presentation; soundtrack in stereo. 

Language: Soundtrack chiefly in Japanese with Portuguese on some 

contents. Screen menu and text on accompanying booklet i 

Summary: “Yōkoso! Sakura Shougakkou e” is an interactive DVD 

resource introducing Japanese school customs and language through 

scenes shot in a real-life school environment. In recent years, with 

increases in foreign immigration to Japan, the number of foreign students 

enrolling in Japanese primary schools has grown considerably, with 

children of second generation Brazilian-Japanese immigrants, or Nikkeijin, 

representing the biggest group. This resource was designed to address 

the difficulties foreign children can have integrating into the unique 

Japanese school system and culture. 


Title: Beyond the Classroom = Cyugakko no kyoshitsu kara [English 






Summary: The volume introduces a Japanese junior high school and 

focuses on the relationship between teachers and students. The volume 

explains the teacher's role in Japan which goes the extra mile, "beyond 

the classroom." 

woman works in a hospital and attends an evening high school to be a 

nurse. 


Title: Group portrait of high-school students = Kokosei gunzo 







Summary: "Ninty-six percent of Japanese children enter high school, and 

one in three goes on to university or college. In the last year of high 

school, many students think deeply about their futures. In this video we 

get to know a young man who will follow in his father's footsteps and 

become a Shinto priest -- unless his determination falters. Another youth 

is aiming to be a professional musician, watched over by parents who 

offer encouragement but who also express misgivings. And we meet a 

young woman who works in the hospital and attends high school in her 

spare time in the evening. The diverse experiences of these three young 

people offer fascinating glimpses of what life can be like for a highschool 

student in Jpan". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Homestay = Homusutei [English edition] (The way of life in 

Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 





Summary: An American high school student spends summer with a 

Japanese farming family in Kanazawa. Described in this volume are the 

exchanges with the host family who tries to have him experience 

Japanese customs and traditions. 


Title: Homestay = Homusutei [Japanese edition] (The way of life in 

Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Through the eyes of a high-school student from Florida we 

see the everyday life of a Jpanese farming family whose members have 

been working the land for generations in Kanazawa on the Japan Sea 

coast. With broken English and the best body language he can mester, the 

father of the host hamily struggles gemely to communicate with the 

young American who is staying with them for the summer. The father is 

determined that his guest should experience the beauty of Japanese 

customs and traditions; the student is taken fishing, and finds himself 

going to the local summer festivities in a kimono. But how does the guest 

himself interpret the warmth of his host family's hospitality". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: Group portrait of high-school students = Kokosei gunzo 







Summary: This volume introduces different life styles of high school 

students in Japan by focusing on three young people. A young man, who 

attends a school which has strict school regulations, will become a Shinto 

priest, following his father's foot steps. Another youth goes to a liberal 

high school, and he strives to be a professional musician. And, a young 

Call Number: 377 DAI 1 

Title: Daigakusei no tame no Nihongo ; dai 1-kan (Mokutekibetsu 

Nihongo kyozai shirizu) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Sanno Daigaku Shuppanbu 1990 








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Title: Foreign students in Japan : Dares and Rahman [English 







Summary: This volume features lifestyles of two foreign college students 

in different exchanges with Japanese. Dares from Thailand spends New 

Year's holiday with her host family. Rahman, who comes from 

Bangladesh, invites his friend over to dinner at his apartment. 


Title: Foreign students in Japan : Dares and Rahman [Japanese] 







Summary: "This video presents a sketch of life as a foreign student in 

Japan in the company of women from Thailand, Dares, and a man from 

Bangladesh, Rahman. Dares gets on extremely well woth the members of 

her Japanese host family, while Rahman enjoys socializing with his 

Japanese friends. These cross cultural encounters provide valuable 

insights into what life is like for the two students from abroad. We focus 

on two social events: Dares comes from her university dormitiry to spend 

her first New Year's holiday in Japan with her host family, while Rahman, 

who lives in lodgings, invites some friends over to dinner". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: University students = Daigakusei shokun [English edition] (The 

way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 





Summary: This volume introduces typical day for two typical university 

students. Ms. Shimamoto is a sophomore at Atomi Gakuen Junior 

College and studies textile art. Mr. Kuwabara is a junior at Keio 

University who enjoys club activities. 


Title: University students = Daigakusei shokun [Japanese edition] 







Summary: "An ordinary day for two ordinary university students, one 

man and one woman. Both students live at home, and neither is unusual 

in any respects: the man enjoys club activities; the woman likes studying. 

Made in response to request by foreign students of Japanese, this video 

presents a detailed picture of the opinions and everyday existence of these 

two everyday students. We follow them through their morning routine: 

waking up, washing, having breakfast, and traveling to college. We also 

see what Japanese underground railway station is like, with its escalators 

and sutomatic ticket mahines". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Cultivating dreams : college women living alone in Tokyo = 

Joshidaisei Tokyo hitorigurashi [English edition] (The way of life in 

Japan = Nihyonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 





Summary: This volume introduces lifestyles of three college women who 

have come to Tokyo from another part of Japan and live alone in Tokyo. 

The three are: a student studying music, a student earning tuition and her 

living by delivering newspapers and wants to be a movie subtitle writer 

and a student getting absorbed in an extracurricular activity. 


Title: Cultivating dreams : college women living alone in Tokyo = 

Joshidaisei Tokyo hitorigurashi [Japanese edition] (The way of life in 

Japan = Nihyonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 





Summary: "The proportion in Japanese women going to university 

(including two-year junior college) is now 39.2 %... a rate that Japanese 

men can no longer match. Some women at university simply take things 

easy following the intense competition of college entrance exams, but 

others have a well-defined ambition and an agenda to get them where 

they want to go in theri four years at university. This program presents 

the life of a woman who has come to Tokyo from another part of Japan. 

She doesn't rely on her parents to provode the money she needs to live 

alone in Tokyo and go to university. Instead, she supports herself by 

doing newspaper rounds every morning and evening. We learn about her 

hopes, dreams and everyday life, and we also see what life is like for 

other women living alone in Tokyo and going to university there". -- 



Title: Seikatsu no yutori (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu 







Title: Kotowaza to kurashi (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 






Call Number: 382.1 GRA 

Title: Bunka [videorecording] Japanese culture video : teaching 

support material / scripted and produced by Shelley Graham and 

Shellie Tancred. 

Publisher: Forster, N.S.W. : Forster Primary School, [1995]. 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (62 min. ) :sd., col. ; 1/2 in. ; 

student worksheets (14 sheets) ; teaching support mater 


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Title: Japanese Customs and Manners = Nihon no Fuzoku Syukan 





Summary: The volume introduces traditional seasonal events and modern 

festivals. 

Call Number: 383.15 SAK 

Title: Kurashi o isho de nokosu : Mizushima-ke no Meiji, Taisho, 

Showa [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Sakura Eigasha 





Title: The taste of Japan [videorecording] a tradition of hospitality = 

[Nihon no aji : sono dentō to motenashi no kokoro / planned by 

Nippon Steel Human Resources Development ; produced by Shin-Ei 

Armz ; directed by Toru Mashiko].|The taste of Japan 

[videorecording] : a tradition of hospitality = [ 日本の味 : その伝統と 

もてなしの心 / planned by Nippon S 

Edition: English ver. 

Publisher: Tokyo : B & CI Inc. (distributor), 1989. 


in. Video Recording 1 booklet of narration script and the 


Language: Narration in English. Supplement booklet has the transcription 

and its Japanese translation. 

Summary: Here is a video that unpretentiously and in a subdued manner 

offers a view of the features of Japan, as well as the Japanese view of 

nature and sensitivities, plus the spiritual contact between humanbeings 

through the medium of food and beverage. The video does this by 

visually introducing the culinary cultural traditions of various regions, 

styles, and people all through Japan's seasonal changes, as well as the 

people's way of living. "The culture of fish"; "theculture of rice"; "the 

culture of malt"; "the culture of kaiseki cuisine" -- these the video 

introduces with a wealth of beautiful images and the sounds of Japan. -- 

From the video package. 


Title: A taste of Japan (International cookbook series) 


Publisher: Australia : Festival Video 1989 



Summary: " Eight different national; cuisines are represented in the serise 

shich was filmed in supurb location and features traditional recipes and 

style of cooking". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Bokura no natsuyasumi (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 






Title: Children's after school life = Shogakusei no afuta skuru (NHK 







Summary: "Japanese elementary school children are extremely busy after 

school with club activities, cram school lessons, hobby courses, sport, 

music lessons, and even a little time to play. They are so busy because 

their small backs have to carry all the weight of their parents' 

expectations, but their lives are full of variety and they show tremendous 

vitality." -- From NHK International TV Programme catalogue 




Title: Kodomo no asobi (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu 







Title: Warabe uta, asobi uta (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 






Call Number: 384.9 ABC 

Title: Journey Into Japan - Episode 5: A Women's Place 


Publisher: Australia : ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 




Summary: This documentary takes a look at the role of Japanese women 

in society. Comparisons are drawn between the traditional female 

entertainer, Geisha and the position of the suburban housewives. 

Takafuku san is a Maiko, Geisha in training, in the traditional Gion in 

Kyoto, the documentary follows her to her daily classes and evenings 

work entertaining. The idea that men still seek fun and affection away 

from their arranged marriage is responsible for this, and still very popular 

and acceptable. 

Call Number: 384.9 ASA 1 

Title: Asakusa Geigiren ozashiki asobi. [1], Ozashiki odori 

[videorecording] / kanshū [by] Chiba Keiji ; enshutsu [by] Asahara 

Sumi.| 浅草芸妓連お座敷あそび. [1], お座敷おどり / 監修 [by] 千葉 

慶二 ; 演出 [by] 浅原須美 .| 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Jei Bui Dī, 2005.| 東京 : ジェイ・ブイ・ディー, 2005.| 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (54 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 

folded sheet. Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD (All regions, NTSC); standard (4:3) 

presentation; soundtrack in Dolby Digital stereo. 

Language: Soundtrack and libretto in Japanese. 

Summary: Collection of 11 traditional dances performed by Asakusa 

geisha with some background information on geisha. 


Call Number: 384.9 ASA 2 

Title: Asakusa Geigiren ozashiki asobi. [2], Ozashiki asobi 

[videorecording] / kanshū [by] Chiba Keiji ; enshutsu [by] Asahara 

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Sumi.| 浅草芸妓連お座敷あそび. [2], お座敷あそび [vidorecording] / 

監修 [by] 千葉慶二 ; 演出 [by] 浅原須美 .| 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Jei Bui Dī, 2005.| 東京 : ジェイ・ブイ・ディー, 2005.| 



System requirements:DVD (All regions, NTSC); standard (4:3) 

presentation; soundtrack in Dolby Digital stereo. 

Language: Soundtrack and libretto in Japanese. 

Summary: Collection of banquet games performed by Asakusa geisha 

with some background information on geisha. 


Title: Weddings in Japan = Kekkon shinjijo [English edition] (The 


Publisher: Tokyo : Bonjinsha 

Physical description: Video Recording 1 Videocassette (VHS) 



Summary: This volume features a unique couple whose views and 

attitudes toward marriage are quite different from commonly held views 

that highly regard academic career, financial stability and good looks. 

The featured couple are a 42 year old male Tobi (construction worker) 

who contributes to the community in many ways and a 28 year old 

woman who was born and raised in the same community. 


Title: Weddings in Japan = Kekkon shinjijo [Japanese edition] (The 






Summary: "We follow a Japanese man and woman in the days leading up 

to their marriage -- and along the way we learn much about the 

astonishing diversity of wedding ceremonies in Japan, and about Japanese 

attitudes to marriage. Marriage in Japan is a subject thet amany foreign 

students of Japanese and others find intriguing -- and perplexing! What's 

the significance of the three "highs" (high level of education, high income, 

high phisical stature) If you're not a Christian, why get married in a 

church Why does a edding in Japan cost so much money These are just 

a few of the topics examined in thi video". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Seikatsu to aisatsu (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu 






Call Number: 385.9 NIC 1 

Title: Bideo koza Nihongo : nichijo seikatsu ni miru Nihon no bunka 

= Cultural video series : safe and sound in Japan ; 1 [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Tokyo Shoseki 1992 



Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with some Japanese subtitles. 

Summary: Episode 1 'Nanimo arimasen kedo': This is the first day that 

Jane arrives at the homestay family's house. She enjoys a welcome meal 

with the family./ Episode 2: 'Toire no surippa wa': Jane's everyday life in 

Japan starts. This is the morning scene. 


Title: Hosuto famiri no ie de = At home (Bideo koza Nihongo : shin 

nichijo seikatsu ni miru Nihon no bunka = Cultural video series : 

new safe and sound in Japan ; 1) [videorecording] 






Title: Arubaitosaki de = At the office (Bideo koza Nihongo : shin 














Summary: Episode 3: 'Tsumaranai mono desu ga, doozo': A guest visits 

Jane's Home stay family. Jane learns how to treat a guest. / Episode 4: 

'Doraibu shitai desu ka': On weekend, the family go out together. Jane is 

impressed by good service at a gas station, later they go to a 'Family 

Restaurant' for lunch. 








Summary: Episode 5: 'Suzuki-sensee, ogenki desu ka': Jane writes a 

letter to her teacher in New York. She writes about a homestay family 

member and what she notices in Japan. / Episode 6: 'Nihongo ga ojoozu 

desu ne': Jane visits her university professor. 


Title: Restoran de = At the restaurant (Bideo koza Nihongo : shin 














Summary: Episode 7: 'Hajimemashite, Jeen desu': Jane visits the 

company she works as a part-timer. / Episode 8: 'Zuibun, osake o 

nomima-sune': Jane goes for a drink with the people at work. 


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Title: Daigaku de = At college (Bideo koza Nihongo : shin nichijo 

seikatsu ni miru Nihon no bunka = Cultural video series : new safe 

and sound in Japan ; 4) [videorecording] 






Title: Kodomo no hi (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu bideo 

kyozai ; 8) [videorecording] 












Summary: Episode 9: 'Kore wa kinoo made no shukudai desu. Doozo.': 

Jane goes to a professor's office and turns in a late homework. / Episode 

10: 'Nihon wa omoshiroi desu ne': Jane and her host family watch the 

video she took during her trip. 


Title: Customs and manners : the fabric of Japanese society = Nihon 

no shukan to mana : Nihon shakai o orinasu kokoro (Nippon : the 

land and its people = Nihon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 7) 






Summary: Japanese society has evolved many customs and manners 

which help smooth relations between people. This video introduces 

aspects of life and work in Japan which may be of interest to the western 

viewer. These include the following: bowing, a form of non-verbal 

communication, hanko, a personalized stamp that replaces one's signature, 

business meetings, including introductions and business cards, footwear, 

which changes according to where you are, tatami, straw mats and the tea 

ceremony, table manners, which center around the use of chopsticks, gift 

giving, a big business in Japan, sensitivity to others, expected in this 

group-oriented culture, and socializing, an important part of business life 

in Japan. These subjects, and others, are covered in documentary style, 

with a touch of humor. -- From the video package. 


Title: Oshogatsu (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu bideo 

kyozai ; 2) [videorecording] 





Title: Omikoshi wasshoi (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu 

bideo kyozai ; 12) [videorecording] 






Title: Nihon no shiki to gyoji (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 

gakushu bideo kyozai ; 23) [videorecording] 






Title: Annual festivities and ceremonies [videorecording] : beliefs in 

daily life = [Nenchū gyōji to kankon sōsai : Nihonjin no shinkoshin] / 

planned by Nippon Steel Human Resources Development ; produced 

by Shin-Ei Armz ; written and directed by Hajime Funatsu.|Annual 

festivities and ceremonies [videorecording] : beliefs in daily life = 

Edition: English ver. 

Publisher: Tokyo : B & CI Inc. (distributor), 1991. 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS, PAL) :sd., col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 

booklet (14 p.). Video Recording 


Language: Dialogue in English. Booklet contains scripts of the narrations 

and Japanese translation in parallel text. 

Summary: While Japanese people, in general, have no fixed or exclusive 

religious affiliation, they do, at times, express belief very ferverntly, 

invoking the deity or creed appropriate to the situation or festivity, 

whether it be Buddhism, Christianity, or one of the various Shinto deities. 

This video focuses on belief as expressed in ceremonial occasions and 

annual celebrations. The heart and soul of the japanese, often 

oncomprehesible to the foreign eye, is sensitively depicted against the 

beautiful backdrop of the natural environment. -- From the package. 

Call Number: 386.1 TA 10 

Title: Toshi no shukusai [videorecording] kabuku minshū / henshū 

seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, Hattori Yukio ... 

[et al.]].| 都市の祝祭 [videorecording] : かぶく民衆 / 編集制作 , 日本 

ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 服部幸雄 ... [et al.]].| 

Edition: Shohan.| 初版 .| 

Series title: Oto to eizō to moji ni yoru taikei Nihon rekishi to geinō ;Dai 

10-kan| 音と映像と文字による大系日本歴史と芸能 ; 第十巻 | 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Heibonsha, 1991.| 東京 : 平凡社 , 1991.| 

ISBN: 4-582-41520-2 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 

book (237 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.) Video Recording 




Title: Katashiro kugutsu ningyō [videorecording] / henshū seisaku, 

Nihon Bikutā, Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, Yamaji Kōzō ... [et al.]].| 形 

代・傀儡・人形 [videorecording] / 編集制作 , 日本ビクター, 平凡 

社 ; [ 執筆者 , 山路興造 ... [et al.]].| 

Edition: 初版 .| 初版 .| 


11-kan| 音と映像と文字による大系日本歴史と芸能 ; 第十一巻 | 


ISBN: 4-582-41521-0 






Title: Daidōgei to misemono [videorecording] / henshū seisaku, Nihon 

Bikutā, Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, Amino Yoshihiko ... [et al.]].| 大道 

芸と見世物 . [videorecording] / 編集制作 , 日本ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執 

筆者 , 網野喜彦 ... [et al.]].| 

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Edition: Shohan. 


13-kan| 音と映像と文字による大系日本歴史と芸能 ; 第十三巻 | 


ISBN: 4-582-41523-7 


book (205 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 22 cm.) Video Recording 




Title: Rettō no kamigami [videorecording] / henshū seisaku, Nihon 

Bikutā, Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, Yamaji Kōzō ... [et al.]].| 列島の 

神々 [videorecording] : 竹富島の種子取祭・上川地方のイヨマンテ 

/ 編集制作 , 日本ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 網野喜彦 ... [et al.]].| 

Edition: Shohan. 


14-kan| 音と映像と文字による大系日本歴史と芸能 ; 第十四巻 | 


ISBN: 4-582-41524-5 






Title: Saihō no haru [videorecording] : shushōe, shunie / henshū 

seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, Yamaji Kōzō ... [et 

al.]].| 西方の春 [videorecording] : 修正会・修二会 / 編集制作 , 日本 

ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 山路興造 ... [et al.]].| 



3-kan| 音と映像と文字による大系日本歴史と芸能 ; 第三巻 | 


ISBN: 4-582-41513-X 






Title: Chūsei no sairei [videorecording] : chihō kara chūō e / henshū 

seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, Niunoya 

Tetsuichi ... [et al.]].| 中世の祭礼 [videorecording] : 中央から地方へ / 

編集制作 , 日本ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 丹生谷哲一 ... [et al.]].| 



4-kan| 音と映像と文字による大系日本の歴史と芸能 ; 第四巻 | 


ISBN: 4-582-41514-8 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video 



Language: Text and soundtrack in Japanese. 


Title: Odoru hitobito [videorecording] minshū shūkyō no tenkai / 

henshū seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, Ōsumi 

Kazuo... [et al.]].| 踊る人々 [videorecording] : 民衆宗教の展開 / 編集 

制作 , 日本ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 大隅和雄 ... [et al.]].| 



5-kan| 音と映像と文字による大系日本歴史と芸能 ; 第五巻 | 


ISBN: 4-582-41515-6 






Title: Gōsha to ryūkō [videorecording] fūryū to bon-odori / henshū 

seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, Yokoi Kiyoshi ... 

[et al.]].| 豪奢と流行 [videorecording] : 風流と盆踊り / 編集制作 , 日 

本ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 横井清 ... [et al.]].| 


Series title: Oto to eizō to moji ni yoru taikei Nihon rekishi to 

geinō ;Dai4-kan| 音と映像と文字による大系日本歴史と芸能 ; 第九巻 | 


ISBN: 4-582-41519-9 





Call Number: 386.121 NEB 

Title: Nebuta Matsuri [videorecording] : summer festival of Tsugaru 

= Nebuta Matsuri / scenario & direction [by] Masami Murayama ; 

produced by Sakura Motion Picture ; English adaptation provided 

by the Japan Foundation.|Nebuta festival [videorecording] : summer 

festival of Tsugaru = ねぶた祭り / scenario & direction [by] Masami 

Murayama ; prod 

Publisher: [Tōkyō : Sakura Eigasha, 199-]| 東京 : 桜映画社 , [199-]| 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (37 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video 




Summary: Every August Aomori city, the prefectural capital of Honshu’s 

northern most prefecture, comes to life with the spectacle known as 

Nebuta Matsuri. This festival, dating back as early as the 1700’s, involves 

huge floats parading through the city, along side them thousands of 

“haneto” (festival dancers) in traditional festival dress, dancing 

vigorously to the beat of the Taiko drums. One year in the making, the 

intricate designs of the floats usually depict actors from Japan’s Kabuki 

theatre and are magnificently illuminated against the night sky. This 

video documents the history of this renowned festival and allows the 

viewer a unique insight into the arduous process of the making of these 

floats. “Nebuta Matsuri- Summer Festival of Tsugaru” truly captures the 

vibrancy and excitement of this unique Japanese celebration. 

Call Number: 386.162 REI 

Title: Heian no saijiki : Kyoto Reizei-ke [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : NHK Sabisu Senta 1989 




Call Number: 386.81 TOK 

Title: Tokushū bon'odori [videorecording] / kikaku [by] Kingu 

Rekōdo ; seisaku, chosaku [by] Emu-Tī-Āru Eizō.| 特集日本の盆踊り 

[videorecording] / 企画 [by] キングレコード ; 制作・著作 [by] エム 

ティーアール映像 .| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kingu Rekōdo, [2001].|[ 東京 ] キングレコード, 

[2001].| 

Physical description: 1 video cassette (VHS) :sd., col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 dance 

instruction sheet, 1 sound cassette. Video Recording 


Language: Soundtrack on video and cassette tape in Japanese. Text on 

instruction sheet in Japanese. 

Summary: This videotape introduces 5 traditional Japanese Bon-Odori 

songs from their place of origin. Includes Tokyo Ondo, Hokkai Bon-Uta, 

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Hanagasa Ondo, Souba Bon-Uta and Tankou Setsu. Each dance is 

performed by Japanese dancers and explained and instructed simply to 

the viewer. A cassette tape is included for dancing once the video 

instructions are mastered. 

Publisher: Tokyo : TDK Koa 





Title: The Neputa Painter = Neputa Eshi [English edition] (Faces of 






Summary: This volume introduces Ryusen Yashima, a craftsman who 

paints for the Neputa festival in Aomori prefecture. While earning his 

living as a house painter, Yashima devotes his life to keep the tradition of 

Neputa. The video shows his hard work and passion for Neputa, his 

family life, his religious faith and so on. 


Title: Sakai Noriko no yoiko no ohanashi hiroba. Momotarō. 

Hanasaka jiisan [videorecording]| 酒井法子のよいこのおはなしひろ 

ば ; ももたろう. はなさかじいさん. [videorecording]| 


2003.| 

Physical description: 1 Videodisc (DVD, NTSC, region 2) (45 min.) :sd., 

col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet Video Recording 



Title: Sakai Noriko no yoiko no ohanashi hiroba. Kintarō. Tsuru no 

ongaeshi [videorecording]| 酒井法子のよいこのおはなしひろば ; き 

んたろう. つるのおんがえし. [videorecording]| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kingu Rekōdo, 2003.|[ 東京 ] キングレコード, 

2003.| 




Call Number: 388.1 TOR 10 

Title: Momo Taro. Kasa jizo (Toru to Ikue no anime Nihon 

mukashibanashi ; 10) [videorecording] 






Title: Kintaro. Omusubi kororin (Toru to ikue no anime Nihon 







Title: Hanasaka jiisan. Kaguyahime (Toru to ikue no anime Nihon 







Title: Saru kani gassen. Tengu no haneuchiwa (Toru to ikue no anime 

Nihon mukashibanashi ; 4) [videorecording] 






Title: Sakai Noriko no yoiko no ohanashi hiroba. Issun bōshi. 

Kachikachi yama. [videorecording]| 酒井法子のよいこのおはなしひ 

ろば ; いっすんぼうし. かちかちやま. [videorecording].| 


2003.| 





Title: Sakai Noriko no yoiko no ohanashi hiroba. Kasa jizō. 

Kaguyahime. [videorecording]| 酒井法子のよいこのおはなしひろ 

ば ; かさじぞう. かぐやひめ. [videorecording]| 


2003.| 




Language: Language option in narration. 


Title: Issun boshi. Tsuru no ongaeshi (Toru to ikue no anime Nihon 

no mukashibanashi ; 1) [videorecording] 


Title: Kachikachi yama. Yamanba to ushikata (Toru to ikue no Nihon 

mukashibanasai ; 5) [videorecording] 






Title: Bunbuku chagama. Hachi katsugi hime (Toru to ikue no Nihon 

mukashibanasai ; 6) [videorecording] 






Title: Kobutori jiisan. Monogusa Taro (Toru to Ikue no anime NIhon 






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Title: Urashima Taro. Nezumi no yomeiri (Toru to Ikue no anime 







Title: Sitakiri suzume. Chikara Taro (Toru to Ikue no anime Nihon 







Title: Sitakiri suzume. Chikara Taro (Toru to Ikue no anime Nihon 






Call Number: 391.61 JPN 

Title: Rachi, yurusarezaru kōi [videorecording] : Kita Chōsen ni yoru 

Nihonjin rachi no higeki / kikaku [by] Nihonkoku Seifu Rachi 

Mondai Taisaku Honbu = Abduction, an unforgivable crime : the 

tragedy of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea.| 拉致 , 許され 

ざる行為 [videorecording] : 北朝鮮による日本人拉致の悲劇 / 企画 

[by] 日本国政府拉致問題対策本部 = Abduction, an unforgi 

Publisher: [Japan : [s.n.], 2007. 



System requirements:DVD(PAL). 

Language: Full version (ca. 20 min.) and digest version (ca. 8 min.) 

available in multiple languages soundtrack options ( 

Call Number: 392.1075 QUI 

Title: Return to Sandakan [videorecording] 





Summary: "During World War , Sandakan prisoner of war camp in 

British North Borneo held nearly 2,500 Allied prisoners. Ny war's edn, 

only six would still be alive. The story of the atrocities committes by the 

Japanese at Sandakan is one of the grimmest of the Pacific War. Shot in 

Australia, Japan and Malaysia, this one hour documentary recounts a 

tragic story if prisoners of war: the use of forced labour, the death 

marches through the Borneo jungle and the rescue of only six survivors. 

Return to Sandakan also examined the leagcy of these events today for 

survivors and their families. For those whose lives have been changed by 

the tragedy of Sandakan, it is a crime that is hard to forgive, impossible to 

forget". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Woman Soldier = Josei Jieitaiin Kunren ni Akekurete [English 






Summary: A twenty-year old girl, Fumiko Imai, joined the Self Defense 

Force. This video portrays her life from the point she joined the army to 

the days drilling in the army and her desire for the future. 


Title: Common Cormorants in Tokyo [videorecording] 





Summary: This documentary examines the life cycle of the common 

Cormorant in modern day Tokyo. There is a very large colony of 

cormorant living in Ueno as part of a project put together by Ueno Zoo, 

to re-introduce the birds into the Tokyo area. The comorants ordinally 

lives in Chiba with a mazimum population of 40,000. They were an 

important feature i the city abd after they were forced out, due to Keio 

industrial district developments, were sadly missed. The project reintroduce 

them to the urban environment has been highly successful, now 

the birds can once again be observed in detail from the city. 


Title: The Gray-Faced Buzzard Eagle: Wings Across the Sea 






Summary: This is a wildlife documentary dedicated to the disapperaing 

Grey Faced Buzzard Eagle of Japan. This bird migrates between Japan 

and south East Asia every year and is often spootted traveling down the 

Japanese Archipelago. Then thousands o fthese birds visit Japan each 

year and this documentary explains their-cycle, feeding patterns, mating 

rituals and courtship. 

Call Number: 492.14 PRO 

Title: A groundbreaking microscopic camera = Gan o sagashidase : 

kanzen kokusan ikamera kaihatsu (NHK International video 

library ; Procect X : innovators = Purojekuto X : chosenshatachi ; 1) 









Title: Island Doctor = Gendai no Akahige [English edition] (Faces of 





Language: Aoundtrack in English. 

Summary: The volume focuses on a young man who is the only doctor on 

a small island. The volume introduces the doctor's life style on twentyfour 

hour call, life in the small island, and the local government role to 

send physicians to remote area. 


Title: Local healthcare : the role of a public health center = Chiiki no 

hoken : hokenjo no yakuwari (NHK International video library ; The 

Japanese approach to medical service and healthcare = Nihon no 

hoken, iryo ; 3) [videorecording] 




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Summary: "In Japan, every community has a public health centre staffed 

with public health nurses who offer health guidance. They also visit 

people at home to give advice and suggestions about hygiene and health. 

This programme follows a public health nurse as she performs health 

checks and visits homes." --From NHK International TV Programme 

catalogue. 




Title: Local medical service : the role of clinics = Chiiki iryo : 

shinryojo no yakuwari (NHK International video library ; The 

Japanese approach to medical service and healthcare = Nihon no 

hoken, iryo ; 1) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Environmental pollution and aging population have led to 

over-crowding in hospitals and clinics, resulting in long waits and short 

visits with doctors. This programme focuses on one doctor's day at a 

clinic in a typical farming village with a dwindling population." --From 

NHK International TV Programme catalogue. 



Call Number: 501.83 CIN 

Title: Future Wave : Japan Design [videorecording] 





Summary: "This facinating documentary examines the economics, 

aesthetics, philosophy and personalities of Japanese design which has 

today achieved worldwide influence in architecture, automobile, 

electronics, interior, fashion and product design. The film visits numerous 

design centres, illustrating the role of design from product concept 

through design development, packageing, narketing, advertising and sales. 

The film provides a greater understanding of the philosophy behind 

Japanese design and manufacturing and an explanation for their success 

with American consumers". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Japanese technology : a tradition of craftsmanship = Nihon no 

gijutsu : sono rutsu to konnichi (Nippon : the land and its people = 

Nihon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 5) [videorecording] 





Title: Japan's Industry = Nihon no Sangyo (Japan Today ; 5) 






Summary: This volume introduces Japanese industry and focuses on high 

technology. 

Call Number: 510 NHK 

Title: Excavation & bridge building technology (NHK International 

video library ; State-of -the-art Technology in Japan = Nihon no 

saishin gijutsu ; 2) [videorecording] 







Call Number: 515 PRO 

Title: Bridge building pioneers : the story of the longest bridge = 

Otokotachi fukutsu no dorama : Seto Ohashi : seiki no nankoji ni 

idomu (NHK International video library ; Project X : innovators = 

Purojekuto X : chosenshatachi ; 5) [videorecording] 





Summary: "In 1955, the sinking of a ship carrying 100 school children in 

the Seto Inland Sea led to the demand for a bridge there. Legendary 

engineer Hideo Sugita was faced with numerous challenges, among them 

very swift tidal currents. Working with a diver who knew the sea well, he 

overcame an oil shortage and many experimental failures. In 1988, the 

Seto Ohashi Bridge was completed, 18 years after the project began. Over 

1000 meters long, it incorporates a highway and railway line. The 

programme tells the story of the men who worked together as they took 

on this challenge, particularly forcusing on the biggest obstacle in the 

completion of the bridge, the construction of its underwater base." --From 




Call Number: 519 NHK 1 

Title: Quest for clean air and pure water = Taiki to mizu (NHK 

International video library ; Preventing pollution in Japan = Nihon 

no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 1) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International 1995 




Summary: "Japan has experienced many of the environmental difficulties 

that newly industrialising nations are now facing--rapid manufacturing 

growth leading to a degradation of air and water quality. In Japan, this 

occurred in the 1950s, and the result was both a lowering of the quality of 

life and the emergence of pollution-related and touches on other 

environmental challenges still being addressed." --From NHK 

International TV Programme catalogue 

Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Lilcensed for public 



Title: Sharing Japanese technology = Umi o wataru Nihon no gijutsu 

(NHK International video library ; Preventing pollution in Japan = 

Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 10) [videorecording] 








Title: Fighting and recycling waste = Gomi to risaikuru (NHK 

International video library ; Preventing pollution in Japan = Nihon 

no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 2) [videorecording] 





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Summary: "Every day, all over the world, tons of waste are generated by 

manufacturers, offices and homes. Where does it all to go The 

traditional answers, garbage dumps and landfills, are becoming 

increasingly inadequate to cope with the volume and variety of waste 

produced. This programme introduces methods of reducing and recycling 

waste, drawing on exmaples currently in use." --From NHK International 

TV Programme catalogue 




Title: Pollution of the seas = Kaiyo osen (NHK International video 

library ; Preventing pollution in Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi 

gijutsu ; 3) [videorecording] 





Summary: "People all over the world are sorried about pollution of the 

seas. Japanese are no exception. Especially during the postwar period of 

rapid economic growth, pollution of the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of 

Japan by effluent from factories and tanker oil spills became a serious 

problem. But efforts to prevent pollution of the seas have gradually been 

bearing fruit, thanks to the development of pollution preventing 

technologies. This programme show the current status of pollution of the 

seas around Japan, as well as how people are tackling the problem with 

pollution-prevention technologies." --From NHK International TV 

Programme catalogue 




Title: Preservation of trees and afforestation technologies = Shinrin 

hogo to ryokka gijutsu (NHK International video library ; 

Preventing pollution in Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 







Title: Industrial waste and disposal techniques = Sangyo haikibutsu 

to sono shori (NHK International video library ; Preventing pollution 

in Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 5) [videorecording] 





Summary: "The 400 million tonnes of industrial waste produced in Japan 

each year is more than eight times the amount of waste generated by 

households. Disposal is becoming an urgent problem. Now disposal 

technologies that result in minimal environmental pollution are being 

developed, and some are already in use. This programme introduces 

cutting-edge industrial waste disposal methods." --From NHK 





Title: Soil contamination and disposal techniques = Dojo osen to sono 

shori (NHK International video library ; Preventing pollution in 

Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 6) [videorecording] 








Title: Synthetic organic chemicals = Gosei yuki kagaku busshitsu 

(NHK International video library ; Preventing pollution in Japan = 

Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 7) [videorecording] 








Title: Unspoilt nature where the firefly lives = Hotaru no sumu shizen 

o torimodoso (NHK International video library ; Preventing 

pollution in Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 8) 









Title: Clean energy = Kurin enerugi (NHK International video 

library ; Preventing pollution in Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi 







screening at Jf-Sydney 


Title: The Past Returns - Traditional Architecture [videorecording] 





Summary: This is a documentary anput re-constructing an original 200 

yearhold farmhouse in the traditional way. Each stage from outside 

Construction to interior finishing is covered. The craftman involved in the 

project use traditional materials such as cedar, grass, mud, clay and stone; 

there is very little help from the modern world. 

Call Number: 524.54 VPN 

Title: Inami chokoku : Toyama-ken (Tezukuri no bi, Nihon no dento 

kogei) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Bideo Pakku Nihon 19-- 





Title: Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Bijinesu [videorecording] = 

Japanese architecture around the world. The office / a Clark 

Facilities production for Channel 4 Television ; in association with 

NHK International.| 世界の中の日本建築 . ビジネス [videorecording] 

= Japanese architecture around the world. The office / a Clark 

Facilities production for C 

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Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, [200-] 



System requirements:DVD (NTSC) 


Summary: "In the Umeda district of Osaka City stands a piece of 

architecture which comes straight out of science fiction. Its architect, 

Hiroshi Hara, calls it an "interconnected super-skyscraper". It consists of 

two mirror-surfaced towers, linked at the top -- 150 meters above ground 

-- by what he calls a "low earth orbit space station"". -- from NHK 

INTERNATIONAL TV PROGRAMME CATALOGUE. 




Title: Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Tabi [videorecording] = 

Japanese architecture around the world. Travel / a Clark Facilities 

production for Channel 4 Television ; in association with NHK 

International.| 世界の中の日本建築 . 旅 [videorecording] = Japanese 

architecture around the world. Travel / a Clark Facilities production 

for Channel 4 Televi 






Summary: "In the modern world, people are travelling more and more. In 

Osaka, a densely crowded city with suburbs sprawing for miles, there was 

a need for a new airport, and an artificial island was created offshore to 

secure enough space for an internationl airport." -- from 300 TV 



screening at JF-Sydney. 


Title: Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Geijutsu [videorecording] = 

Japanese architecture around the world. Art spaces / a Clark 


NHK International.| 世界の中の日本建築 . 芸術 [videorecording] = 

Japanese architecture around the world. Art spaces a Clark Facilities 

production for Chann 





Language: Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles. 

Summary: "In a remote part of Japan overlooking a volcanic island stands 

the Kihoku Astronomical Observatory, one of the smallest museums in 

the world. It looks like a block of concrete perched on a cluster of stilts." 

-- from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN. 




Title: Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Supōtsu [videorecording] = 

Japanese architecture around the world / a Clark Facilities 

production for Channel 4 Television ; in association with NHK 

International.| 世界の中の日本建築 . スポーツ [videorecording] = a 

Clark Facilities production for Channel 4 Television ; in association 

with NHK International.| 






Summary: "The Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, designed by Fumihiko 

Maki, is equipped with a roof made of thousands of paper-thin stainless 

steel plates. According to Maki's concept, steel is a material of hardness, 

precision, strength and great reflectivity which refers to the future of 

advanced science but also a world of medieval helmets and weaponry." -- 

from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN. 




Title: Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Sumai [videorecording] = 

Japanese architecture around the world. The house / a Clark 


NHK International.| 世界の中の日本建築 . 住まい [videorecording] = 

Japanese architecture around the world. The house / a Clark 

Facilities production for Channel 



Video Recording Kōshin 18AZ10 (25 Apr 2006). 


Summary: Architect Shigeru Ban has created a home which he calls a 

"furniture house", where the walls consists of ready-made storage units 

and the sliding walls can be arranged to remove barriers between inside 

and outside." -- from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN. 




Title: Battle for the soul of Honda = Sekai o odorokaseta ichidai no 

kuruma : meishacho to tatakatta shaintachi (NHK International 

video library ; Procect X : innovators = Purojekuto X : 

chosenshatachi ; 2) [videorecording] 








Title: Technical innovation in household appliances = Seikatsu o 

kaeru denshi kiki (NHK International video library ; State-of -theart 

Technology in Japan = Nihon no saishin gijutsu ; 4) 









Title: Train of thought : the story of the Shinkansen = Shunen ga 

unda Shinkansen : royu 90-sai, hikoki ga sugata o kaeta (NHK 

International video library ; Procect X : innovators = Purojekuto X : 









Title: Optical fiber & information technology (NHK International 

video library ; State-of -the-art Technology in Japan = Nihon no 

saishin gijutsu ; 3) [videorecording] 




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Call Number: 547.76 PRO 

Title: Made in Japan : launch of the Sony legacy = Machi kojo sekai e 

tobu : toranjisuta rajio, eigyoman no tatakai (NHK International 

video library ; Procect X : innovators = Purojekuto X : 









Title: Micro-machine = Maikuromashin (NHK International video 

library ; State-of -the-art Technology in Japan = Nihon no saishin 








Call Number: 583.5 KIK 

Title: Nihon no shokubunka o kataritsuide kita shoyudaru no 

monogatari : shoyudaru seizo no zenkotei kiroku [videorecording] 

Publisher: Noda-shi : Kikkoman Kokusai Shokubunka Kenkyu Senta 

2003 





Title: Odate mage wappa : Akita-ken (Tezukuri no bi, Nihon no 

dento kogei) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Bideo Pakku Nippon 19-- 




Call Number: 585.6 JAM 4 

Title: Toshiharu Kano : creating nature on paper = Washi kogeika 

Kano Toshiharu (Kobo tanbo) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Japan Media Communication Center = JAMCO 1992 




Summary: "Forty years ago, Toshiharu Kano revived the old Japanese 

papaermaking techniques handed down in Ohara Village, Aichi 

Prefecture. He has since devoted himself to the craft. This program 

feature artist Kano as he meets the challenged of the "newness" of thi sold 

art, using traditional techniques. From collectinf raw wood to extracting 

dyes from plants and soil, Kano does all the work himself". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: Oitama tsumugi : Yamagata-ken (Tezukuri no bi, Nihon no 





Title: Yuki tsumugi : Ibaraki-ken (Tezukuri no bi, Nihon no dento 






Title: The Fashion Model = Fassyon Moderu [Englsih edition] (Faces 






Summary: The volume features the lifestyle of a fashion model who was 

borne of a Japanese mother and an American father. The video shows 

what it means to look 'foreign' in Japan. 


Title: Kimono [videorecording] = Kimono / [produced by NHK 

International].| 着物 [videorecording] = Kimono / [produced by NHK 


Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, c1998. 








Title: Gifu chochin, Hon Minoshi (Tezukuri no bi, Nihon no dento 






Call Number: 593.8 ICH 1 

Title: Machigi no kikonashi (Ichita Hiromi no kitsuke kyoshitsu : 

hannari to kimono bijin) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Osaka : NHK Kinki Media Puran 1994 

ISBN: 4-280-00488-9 





Title: Homongi to tomesode no kikonashi (Ichita Hiromi no kitsuke 

kyoshitsu : hannari to kimono bijin) [videorecording] 


ISBN: 4-280-00489-7 





Title: Furisode no kikonashi (Ichita Hiromi no kitsuke kyoshitsu : 

hannari to kimono bijin) [videorecording] 

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ISBN: 4-280-00490-0 





Summary: This volume shows how to make some typical Japanese dishes. 

All of the recipes are easy and require only products available in 

American supermarkets. 


Title: Foods and meals [videorecording] [Nihonjin no shokuseikatsu / 

produced by NHK International].|Foods and meals [videorecording] 

= [ 日本人の食生活 / produced by NHK International].| 

Publisher: [Tokyo : NHK International, 200-]. 





Summary: What do the Japanese eat at home What sort of utensils do 

they use How do they eat The Japanese diet is, of course, traditionally 

based on rice, but Western style food culture has taken root among the 

younger generations. This programme visits families of different 

generations to investigate the surprisingly diverse Japanese dietary life of 

today. -- From NHK International Tv programmes catalogue. 

Call Number: 596.21 ALS 

Title: Cooking (ALS Japanese video resource material : Nihongo 

daisuki [repackaged edition] ; set 4) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Ryde, NSW : NSW Department of Education and Training 

2001 




Title: Japanese Favourite / Favorite Dishes = Nihon no Ryori (Japan 

Today ; 2) [videorecording] 




Summary: This volume introduces various Japanese dishes and gives 

cooking instruction on some dishes. 

Call Number: 596.21 MAF 

Title: Go chi so [videorecording] : Japanese cuisine = Gochisō / 

[produced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheres [i.e. 

Fisheries] of Japan].|Go chi so [videorecording] : Japanese cuisine = 

ご馳走 / [produced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 

Fisheres [i.e. Fisheries] of Japan].| 

Edition: Ver. 07.03.31 

Publisher: [Tokyo : Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 

Japan, 2007] 


col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 folded sheet. Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD (PAL); 16:9 letterbox presentation. 

Language: Feature soundtrack in English with English, simplified 

Chinese and traditional Chinese subtitles options. 

Call Number: 596.21 DEK 1 

Title: The art of Japanese cooking ; vol. 1 [videorecording] 

Publisher: Sydney : The Japanese Functions of Sydney 1992 




Summary: "Hideo Dekura is well reknowned for his unique culinary 

skills. Drawing upon his unique and varied cultural experiences he has 

developed a style which has made him a much sought after food 

consultant. His highly successful catering company "Japanese Functions 

of Sydney" offers his skills to abroad range of clients for both private 

and business functions, in particular Australian based Japanese 

corporations and both Australian and international businesses". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 596.21 MAF A 

Title: Go chi so [videorecording] : Japanese cuisine = Gochisō / 

[produced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheres [i.e. 

Fisheries] of Japan].|Go chi so [videorecording] : Japanese cuisine = 

ご馳走 / [produced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 

Fisheres [i.e. Fisheries] of Japan].| 

Edition: Ver. 07.03.31 

Publisher: [Tokyo : Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 

Japan, 2007] 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (73 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 

folded sheet. Book 


Language: Soundtrack in English with English, Japanese and Korean 

subtitles options. 

Call Number: 596.21 DEK 2 

Title: The art of Japanese cooking ; vol. 2 [videorecording] 

Publisher: Sydney : The Japanese Functions of Sydney 1992 




Summary: "Hideo Dekura is well reknowned for his unique culinary 

skills. Drawing upon his unique and varied cultural experiences he has 

developed a style which has made him a much sought after food 

consultant. His highly successful catering company "Japanese Functions 

of Sydney" offers his skills to abroad range of clients for both private 

and business functions, in particular Australian based Japanese 

corporations and both Australian and international businesses". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: Japanese Cooking = Nihon no Ryori (Japan Today ; 12) 





Call Number: 596.21 NRS 

Title: Japan [videorecording] / produced by Michael Tear ; directed 

by Serge Ou. 

Series title: World kitchen 

Publisher: Loganholme, Qld. : Marcom Projects [distributor], 1998. 



Summary: Surrounded by oceans, the Japanese depend on the sea of 

much of their food. Fried, steamed, boiled or raw seafood are all part of 

the Japanese cuisine. In this program we explore the Japanese cuisine, 

introduced by a Japanese family in Australia, so all ingredients are redily 

available. -- From the video package. 

Call Number: 599 WAY 20E 

Title: A yanmama's love = Yanmamatachi no kinkyo hokoku [English 







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Summary: "Many of the women featured in this program lived a 

rebellious youth, but now they're coming to terms with a major adult 

responsibility - parenthood - and life can be tough if you are a yanmama, 

or young mother. The central figure is Yukiko Kitajima age 26, the 

architect of forum to enable young women such as herself to share their 

everyday concerns and enjoy life in the company of friends". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 



Summary: Japanese farmers have a deep attachment to the land which has 

belonged to the family for generations. After Japan became a modern 

industrial society, however, their sons and daughters tend to leave the 

land for the cities. This volume tells the story of a Japanese farmer and 

his son who suffers from dilemma between taking over the farm and 

leaving the land for a city job. 

Call Number: 599 WAY 20J 

Title: A yanmama's love = Yanmamatachi no kinkyo hokoku 







Summary: "Many of the women featured in this program lived a 

rebellious youth, but now they're coming to terms with a major adult 

responsibility - parenthood - and life can be tough if you are a yanmama, 

or young mother. The central figure is Yukiko Kitajima age 26, the 

architect of forum to enable young women such as herself to share their 

everyday concerns and enjoy life in the company of friends". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: Japanese Industry = Nihon no Sangyo (Japan Today ; 14) 





Summary: This video makes us think about Japan in the future while 

focusing on the various industries from old and new age. 


Title: Weekend farmers = Kyujitsu wa hongyo no komezukuri (NHK 







Summary: "80% of Japan's rice-productin farm households do not depend 

entirely on farming for a livelihood. The head of the household does other 

work during the week and only farms on weekends, leaving all the 

weekday farming activities to his wife and parents. This has become 

possible as a result of the modernisation of rice cultivation." -- From 





Title: The fourth generation in Hokkaido = Boku wa kaitaku 

yondaime [English edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no 





Summary: This volume features two high school boys go to an 

agricultural high school in Hokkaido. The two boys have determined to 

succeed to their father's farming job. Their dreams to become greater 

farmers than their father and their everyday life are described. 


Title: The fourth generation in Hokkaido = Boku wa kaitaku 

yondaime [Japanese edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no 





Summary: "We meet two boys at an agricultural high school who are 

determined to preserve the sprit of their forefathers by faeming the kand 

that those same ancestors were the first to till. We examine the everyday 

lives and ambitions of these young men against the backdrop of the 

changing seasons in Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan. 

On faems claimed from the rugged wilds of Hokkaido about 100 years 

ago, the subject of who will take over the family business brings out deep 

emotions and strong attachments, we home in on relations between father 

and son, and experience contemporary lif eon northern farm". -- FRON 

CONTAINER. 


Title: Rice cultivation = Inasaku (NHK International video library ; 

The new technology of Japanese agriculture = Nihon no nogyo ; 1) 









Title: An Uncertain Harvest = Nihon no Nogyo Dekasegi Nomin 






Summary: This volume illustrates how farmers make a living after the 

harvest, and explains how unstable the farmers' lives are due to uncertain 

harvest. 


Title: Dry field farming = Hatasaku, kaju saibai (NHK International 

video library ; The new technology of Japanese agriculture = Nihon 

no nogyo ; 2) [videorecording] 








Title: The Sacred Land = Tochi eno Aichaku [English edition] (Faces 





Title: Greenhouse cultivation = Yasai kojo (NHK International video 

library ; The new technology of Japanese agriculture = Nihon no 

nogyo ; 4) [videorecording] 


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Call Number: 627.8 DIN 

Title: The art of bonsai ; part one : informal upright style (The 

complete guide series) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Australia : Dino Video 1993 



Summary: "This introduction to BONSAI covers.... An overview of 

Bonsai styles, Bonsai tools, Selecting a suitable tree, Initial trimming & 

pruning, Writing techniques, Root pruning, Soil mixtures, Selecting the 

right pot, Bonsai care, and more...". -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 629.21 SMI 

Title: Dream window : reflections on the Japanese garden = Muso : 

niwa tono katarai [videorecording] 

Publisher: United States of Amerika : Smithsonian Institution 1992 

ISBN: 1-56098-597-6 




Summary: "Reflectiond of the Japanese Gurden reveals the rich beauty 

and artistry of the gardens of Japan. Viewers experience the gardens as 

vehichles of contemplation and inspiration, offering a place apart where 

people may discover new perceptions of the world around them. 

Prominent contemporary Japanese artist reflect on the centries-old 

aesthetic Traditions of the gardens. The featured artist include a composer, 

poet , stage designer, filmmaker, and architect. The artists provide the 

commentary as the film takes viewers to a variety of gardens, among 

them the legendary moss temple at Saiho-ji and Kyoto's Imperial Villa 

gardens". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Stockbreeding = Chikusan (NHK International video library ; 

The new technology of Japanese agriculture = Nihon no nogyo ; 3) 









Title: Families fostering the forest = Oyako daidai, birin o sodateru 

(NHK International video library ; Japanese lifestyle today = 

Nihonjin no kurashi ; 4) [videorecording] 





Summary: "70% of Japan's land surface is mountainous. Since ancient 

times, the famous cedar trees of Kyoto have been carefully tostered 

generation after generation with the foresters treating the mountainsides 

like fields. This programme introduces the inhabitants of peaceful 

Japanese mountain villages, including cedar craftsmen, logging families, 

and artists." --From NHK International TV Programme catalogue 



Title: Fishing for a future = Oyaji no umi [English edition] (The way 

of life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifu [videorecording] 





Summary: "In Takamijima, a small island in the Seto Inland Sea that once 

served as a picturesque movie location, daily life revolves around the 

challenges and unpredictability of fishing. This program focuses on three 

generations of dedicated fishermen. As modern life encroaches and young 

people dream of life in th ecity, the Kado family prepares for another 

traditional celebration of the New Year". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Fishing for a Future = Oyaji no umi [Japanese edition] (The 






Summary: "In Takamijima, a small island in the Seto Inland Sea that once 

served as a picturesque movie location, daily life revolves around the 

challenges and unpredictability of fishing. This program focuses on three 

generations of dedicated fishermen. As modern life encroaches and young 

people dream of life in th ecity, the Kado family prepares for another 

traditional celebration of the New Year". -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 663.96 FIS 

Title: The Forests and the Fish [videorecording] 





Summary: This is a documentary about Japans and forests and fish and 

the ecological link between the two. Coastal forests protect the water 

quality hence the lively-hood of the fishing industry, Japan has a history 

of protecting its natural resources that was learnt through trial and error. 

The logging in Hokkaido on Cape Erimo was a big lesson in balancing 

the natural eco-system, especially for the local. 


Title: Frontier Fisherman = Kokkyo ni Taiji shite [English edition] 






Summary: The volume features the life of the family of the fishing boat 

captain who goes fishing in the northern frontier waters. In the bitter 

coldness of north country, fishermen go fishing at the risk of being caught 

by the Russians to earn a living. 


Title: Marine pastures = Umi no hatake de sakana o sodateru (NHK 










Call Number: 670 KAI N-6 

Title: Nihon no omise (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu 

bideo kyozai ; sekatsu-hen ; N6) [videorecording] 

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Title: Overseas and undersold Japan [videorecording] 





Summary: This title concentrates on the Asutralia -Japan trade 

relationship and the hope od developing it in the future. Several "success" 

stories are presented along with their business tactics when approaching 

Japanese Marketing e.g.; Ken Done and Buget car rentals. Many Japanese 

Managers (as well as Australians) are interviewed to gain a balanced 

understanidng of how Jzpane and Australia Trade links could grow. 

Publisher: [Ryde, N.S.W. : NSW Department of Education and Training, 

Curriculum Support Directorate, 2001]. 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (42 min.) ;1/2 in. sd., col. Video 

Recording 1 resource folder (36-51 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.). 

System requirements:VHS-PAL. 

Rating: Years 3-8. Worksheets targeted years 3-6, secondary teachers 

may still find t 


Title: Performance and Design in Japan = Nihon no Geijyutsu (Japan 





Summary: Japanese have borrowed, transformed and adapted foreign 

cultures and arts extensively over 1,000 years. This volume looks at 

various fields of Japanese arts which can be characterized by its unique 

harmony of old and new. 


Title: Boku wa michi desu (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu 


Publisher: Tokyo : Nihon Terebi Bunka Zaidan 1980s 





Title: Truck driver's night and day = Chuya hashiri tsuzukeru 

torakku doraiba (NHK International video library ; Japanese 

lifestyle today = Nihonjin no kurashi ; 10) [videorecording] 








Title: Traditional Arts and Crafts of Japan = Nihon no Dento Kogei 





Summary: This video introduces Japanese traditional arts and crafts, and 

tries to make us understand the Japanese people's feeling towards the 

Japanese aesthetic. 


Title: Yokohama toriennare [triennale] 2001 : Kokusai gendai bijutsu 

ten (Introducing Japan ; 2000 on air [Japanese narration]) 


Publisher: Tokyo : Kokusai koryu kikin = The Japan foundation 2000 




Call Number: 689.271 QAN 

Title: Yokoso [videorecording] 





Summary: A look at the beginning of the Japanese tourist boom in 

Australia in 1980's. Trudy Storey travels to Australia for 7-days trip. The 

main issues raised are what does the Australian tourism industry need to 

do keep Japanese people coming to Austalia, in the terms of languages 

barriers, customer service and cultural differences. Industry heads are 

interviewed along with Japanese tourists. 

Call Number: 709.1 NHK N6 

Title: The failed amtition of Masamune : Zuiganji temple in 

Matsushima = Masamune, yabo no hate : Matsushima Zuiganji 

(NHK International video library ; National treasures = Kokuho 

tanbo ; 6) [videorecording] 







Call Number: 689T OTE 

Title: Japanese for Tourism [videorecording] 


1993 

Physical description: 60 in Video Recording 



Summary: "Japanese for Tourism: ・ Ordering a meal, ・ Shopping, ・ 

Making a hotel reservation, ・ Asking directions". -- FRON CONTAINER. 


Title: ALS Japanese video resource material. Set 3, Arts and craft 



Title: A brilliant image of Nirvana : the golden shrine at Chuson 

temple = Ogon no gokuraku jodo (NHK International video library ; 

National treasures = Kokuho tanbo ; 1) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Among the many national treasures at Chusonji Temple, the 

Golden Shrine is particularly admired because it is plated with gold inside 

and out. It was built by Fujiwara Kiyohira, founder of the Fujiwara 

Family in Japan's north-eastern area of Tohoku, an area rich in gold. The 

concepts of the shrine are 'repose of souls' and 'earthly paradise'. The 

programme looks at what people asked of the shrine's statues of Buddha 

in those days." -- From NHK International TV Programme catalogue 

29 1-Apr-09



Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. License for public 



Title: The house of God : Oura chathedral in Nagasaki = Deusu no 

mido : Nagasaki, Oura tenshudo (NHK International video library ; 









Title: Heavenly creatures descending : Yakushiji temple in Nara = 

Tennin ga maiorite : Nara, Yakushiji (NHK International video 

library ; National treasures = Kokuho tanbo ; 3) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Located in Nara-Nishinokyo, Yakushiji Temple has a 1300- 

year history. The temple holds its main event, the Hanaeshiki Flower 

Festival, every spring. The festival is a buddhist service to the three 

bodhisattva statues. The programme introduces both the festival and the 

techniques used in the construction of the Temple's East Tower and Suien 

(clouds of spray) on the spire of the tower." -- From NHK International 

TV Programme catalogue 




Title: Prayers carved on the rock : Buddha in Usuki = Iwa ni 

kizamareta inori : Usuki magaibutsu (NHK International video 

library ; National treasures = Kokuho tanbo ; 4) [videorecording] 








Title: Playful scenery lost : the picture scroll = Ushinawareta asobi no 

fukei : Choju jinbutsu giga (NHK International video library ; 






Summary: "The Frolicking Animal and Human Figures scroll is in the 

collection of Kozanji Temple in Kyoto. In black ink, it depicts animals 

playing, but it seems that the scroll numbers are not sequential because 

some sections were joined together incorrectly. The scroll is popular for 

its humour as well as its mystery and may be the origin of modern comics. 

The programme focuses on the comical touch of the work and the mind 

of the artist." --From NHK International TV Programme catalogue 



Call Number: 709.1 NHK W1 

Title: Himeji Castle & Itsukushima Shrine [videorecording] / 

[produced by NHK International]. 




System requirements:VHS(PAL). 


Summary: "Himeji Castle in Himeji City in western Japan was built abou 

400 years ago. The castle retains the medieval features of a castle 

building. It is one of Japan's most beautiful castles, and has survived 

unchanged to modern times. Itsukushima Jinja stands on Miyajima in the 

Seto Inland Sea in western Japan. The shrine comprises 17 structures 

including a great vermillion Torii, the inner shrine and a hall of warship." 

-- from 300 TV programmes on Japan. 


Sydney 


Title: Himejijō, Itsukushima Jinja [videorecording] = Himeji Castle 

& Itsukushima Shrine / [produced by NHK International].| 姫路城・ 

厳島神社 [videorecording] = Himeji Castle, Itsukushima Shrine / 



Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (20 min.) :digital., sd., col. ;4 




Summary: Himeji castle in Western Japan was built about 400 years ago. 

It is one of the most beautiful castles built as a citadel and has survived 

unchanged to modern times. Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima in the Seto 

Inland Sea comprises 17 buildings including a great vermillion Torii gate 

and a hall fo worship. -- from NHK International TV programme guide. 




Title: Kyoto & Nara = Kyoto, Nara (NHK International video 

library ; World cultural heritage sites in Japan = Nihon no sekai 

bunka isan ; 2) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Kyoto was the capital and political centre of Japan for over 

1000 years from 794 to 1868. Today, a total of 17 buildings are 

designated world heritage sites, including castles, temples and shrines. 

Nara was the ancient capital of Japan, until the capital moved to Kyoto. 

In Nara City, there are cultural heritage sites such as the Buddha Hall in 

todaiji Temple, Kasuga Taisha and Horyuji Temple." --From NHK 





Title: Kyōto, Nara [videorecording] = Kyoto & Nara / [produced by 

NHK International].| 京都・奈良 [videorecording] = Kyoto & Nara / 







Summary: "Kyoto was the capital and political centre of Japan for over 

1000 years from 794 to 1868. Today, a total of 17 buildings are 

designated world heritage sites, including castles, temples and shrines. 

Nara was the ancient capital of Japan, until the capital moved to Kyoto. 

In Nara City, there are cultural heritage sites such as the Buddha Hall in 

Todaiji Temple, Kasuga Taisha and Horyuji Temple." -- from 300 TV 




30 1-Apr-09




Title: Nikkō no shaji, Ryūkyū ōkoku no shiro to isangun 

[videorecording] = The shrines and temples of Nikko & Shurijo 

castle / NHK International.| 日光の社寺・琉球王国の城と遺産群 

[videorecording] = World cultural heritage sites in Japan / NHK 

International.| 

Edition: [English subtitles ed.] 

Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, 200-] 





Summary: "Located North of Tokyo, Nikko is home to more than 100 

religious buildings that feature spectacular carvings, paintings and 

architectural features. The area has been a focus of worship for 1200 

years. Until the 19th century, Okinawa prefecture was the Kingdom of 

the Ryukyus and its capital was Shuri. Although much of the castle 

Shurijo was destroyed during World War II, it has been rebuilt as a 

powerful reminder of a rech cultural tradition that blended Japanese and 

Chinese influences." -- From NHK International TV programmes 

catalogue. 




Title: The shrines and temples of Nikko & Shurijo Castle 

[videorecording] / [produced by NHK International]. 

Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, [200] 

Physical description: 20 min. :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video Recording 



Summary: "Located north of Tokyo, Nikko is home to more than 100 

religious buildings that feature spectacular carvings, paintings and 

architectural features. The area has been a focus of worship for 1200 

years. Until the 19th century, Okinawa Prefecture was the kingdom of the 

Ryukyus and its capital was Shuri. Although much of the castle Shurijo 

was destroyed during World War II, it has been rebuilt as a powerful 

reminder of a rich cultural tradition that blended Japanese and Chinese 

influences." --From NHK International TV Programme catalogue 


Sydney 


Title: Gasshō-zukuri shūraku, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinenhi 

[videorecording] The Gassho-zukuri villages & Hiroshima Peace 

Memorial Monument / [produced by NHK International].| 合掌造り 

集落・広島平和記念碑 [videorecording] = The gassho-zukuri 

villages & Hiroshima Peace Memorial Monument / [produced by 

NHK International].| 





Language: VHS-PAL: Narration in English. 

Summary: Along a deeply-carved valley in the mountains of central Japan 

are three picturesque villages with perfectly-preserved gassho-zukuri 

farmhouses. These wooden structures have steep thatched roofs that 

resisit heavy snowfalls. As part of the efforts to preserve these buildings, 

more than 200 people work together to rethatch one of the larger 

buildings. 




Title: Gensei kara jōdo e [videorecording] = Discovery of the "pure 

land" / [produced by NHK International].| 現世から浄土へ 

[videorecording] = Discovery of the "pure land" / [produced by NHK 







Summary: "Representing an extremely rare form of artistic expression, 

the statue of Kūya in the Kyoto temple Rokuharamitsuji is regarded as a 

masterpiece of the Kamakura period. Critic Shūichi Kato sees the statue 

as the epitome of everyday prayers directed at the Amitabha Buddha. 

While looking at new forms of sculpture that emerged in Kamakuraperiod 

Japan, the programme also examines the transcendental values of 

this turbulent era and how they influenced Japan in future years." -- from 

300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN. 




Title: Gensō ni asobu [videorecording] = Escape into fantasy / 

[produced by NHK International].| 幻想に遊ぶ [videorecording] = 

Escape into fantasy / [produced by NHK International].| 






Summary: "A realm of monstrous creatures and bizarre gore: the latter 

stages of the Edo period spawned a wealth of artistic fantasy and 

creativity. High production values together with an astonishing range of 

themes and styles makes these images comparable to other qorks of art 

that are widely regarded as worldclass. Why were so many fascination 

images produced in the late Edo period The programme investigates this 

fascination with the macabre in Japanese art, and makes comparisons 

with fantasy works from Western Europe." -- from 300 TV 





Title: Monokurōmu no yakudō [videorecording] : sumi, jizai no iro = 

Vivid monochrome : sumi, colour with wills / [produced by NHK 

International].|モノクロームの躍動 [videorecording] : 墨・自在の 

色 = Vivid monochrome : sumi, colour with wills / [produced by 



Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, NTSC) (30 min.) :digital., sd., 



Language: Narration in Japanese with English subtitles. 

Summary: Japanese ink painting is in one sense simplicity itlself -- black 

ink (sumi) on white paper. But in the hands of a master artist/calligrapher 

such as Sakaki Bakuzan, who is featured in this programme, sumi takes 

on many shades of meaning. As with the great masters of the past, 

Bakuzan sees monochrome as a challenge rather than a constraint. Using 

techniques and materials refined ages ago, he succeeds in suggesting 

colour and mood with understated elegance. -- From NHK International 

TV programme catalogue. 




Title: Suiboku, tenchi no shinshō [videorecording] = Japanese ink 

painting. a mental image of the world / [produced by NHK 

International].| 水墨・天地の心象 [videorecording] = Japanese ink 

painting. a mental image of the world / [produced by NHK 



31 1-Apr-09







Summary: "There are parallels between Japanese ink paintings and the 

Expessionist paintings of early-20th century Europe", claims critic 

Shuichi Kato, noting that both traditions attach maximum importance to 

expressing an inner world: the mind. He visitd Huabei and Jiangnan, the 

cradle of Chinese ink painting, and western Germany, the artistic 

homeland of Kandinsky, searching for similarities and differences in the 

traditional cultures of these places." -- from 300 TV PROGRAMMES 

ON JAPAN. 




Title: Rinpa, umi o wataru [videorecording] = The Rimpa school 

crosses the ocean / [produced by NHK International].| 琳派・海を渡 

る [videorecording] = The Rimpa school crosses the ocean [produced 

by NHK International].| 






Summary: "It's a like-known fact that works of the Rimpa School, which 

blossomed under gifted painters like Honami Koetsu, Tawaraya Soatsu, 

and Ogata Korin, crossed a continent to distant Europe and had a major 

impact on the art world there. This programme probes the source of the 

Rimpa School's aethetic sensebilities and explains its influence on the 

background of the Art Nouveau movement in kate-19th century France." 

-- from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN. 




Title: Ukiyoe no onna-tachi [videorecording] = Women in Ukiyo-e / 

[produced by NHK International].| 浮世絵の女たち [videorecording] 

= Women in Ukiyo-e [produced by NHK International].| 






Summary: "Japanese ukiuo-e, or woodblock prints, made a tremendous 

impact on European printers. When ukiyo-e emerged in Japan in the 18th 

century, practitioners established a unique way of depiciting women, 

utterly different from the way Europeans were presenting women in the 

Rococo style that was flourishing at the time. Why this vast disparity 

The programme traces the history of Japanese depicitions of women, 

culminating in ukiyo-e. It explores the mystique of these images and the 

views of women underlie them." -- from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON 

JAPAN. 




Title: Shiko Ito : the melody of the wind onto paper = Gaka Ito Shiko 

(Kobo tanbo) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Shiko Ito is an artist preoccupied with the theme "cities". She 

started her own career with sumi or Chinese ink drawing; then went on to 

learn Western-style painting abd sculpture; and finally developed her own, 

unique style of sumi. Three years ago, she det up a astudio near Mt. HIEI. 

The prigram shows her at work". -- FROM CONTAINER. 




Title: Song of birds and flowers : the world of Atsushi Uemura, a 

Nihonga artist = Kachofuei inochi o egaku [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Japan Media Communication Center = JAMCO 




Summary: "Nihonga artist Atsushi Uemura, a noted ornithologist who 

calls himself a "bird-and-flower painting" artist, is the third generation of 

a distinguished family of painters: his grandmother Shoen Uemura and 

father Shoko Uemura were both recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit. 

On his retirement from Kyoto City University of Arts, Uemura began 

working on a painting pf a white hawk, an ambition his father had long 

held. This program illustrates the relationship between the ornithologist 

and his birds, as well as his pasion for painting". -- FROM CONTAINER. 




Title: One man's dream of becoming a manga artist = Mangaka shibo 








Title: One man's dream of becoming a manga artist = Mangaka shibo 







Summary: "More than 300 of the Japanese magazines published each 

month are dedicated exclusively to comic strips. Supporting this startling 

wealth of cartoon creativeity is a 100,00-strong army of illustrators 

throughout Japan. Many members of this gaint supporting cast aspire to 

be a famous cartoonist in their own right, and here we see what lisfe is 

like for one such MANGAKA wannabe. 


Title: My father, Osamu Tezuka = Inochi : Waga chichi Tezuku 

Osamu (NHK International video library) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astroboy and aother world 

famous cartoon characters, revolutionized Japanese animation with his 

soophisticated films. After his passing , his son Makoto Tezuka, who is in 

his own way working in the avant grade of the visual medium, produced a 

film about his father's early life and career. The relationship that inspired 

this homage from son to father is both enlightening and miving". --- 




Call Number: 727 KOZ 

Title: Japanese graphics now! [supplement DVD] [videorecording] 

Publisher: Koln : Taschen 2003 


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Title: Shodō [videorecording] = Calligraphy / [produced by NHK 

International].| 書道 [videorecording] = Calligraphy / [produced by 


Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, c1998. 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (20 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in . 




Summary: "Traditional Japanese calligraphy is the art of writing 

characters on white paper with a brush dipped in black ink. The 

completed work can be regarded as both art and writing." -- from 300 TV 

programmes on Japan. 



Call Number: 732.1 MUN 

Title: Shiko Munakata : master of the wood-block print : Horu, 

Munakata Shikō no sekai [videorecording] / produced by Mainichi 

Film Productions.|Shiko Munakata : master of the woodblock print = 

彫る・棟方志功の世界 [videorecording] / produced by Mainichi 

Film Productions.| 

Publisher: [Tokyo] : Japan Foundation, 1975 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (32 min., VHS-PAL) :sd., col. ;1/2 




Summary: Shiko Munakata (1903-1975) was the greatest woodcut artist 

of modern Japan. Blind in one eye, he won recognition world-wide for 

the range and vitality, the profound religious sensibility, of his work. Film 

was made in the last years of his life, presenting not only his work but a 

unique portrait of the artist himself, his energy and humor, his faith, the 

intimate relation between his art and his birthplace in Northern Japan. 

Shown in detail are: "Japan so ancient and beautiful", "The ten disciples 

of Buddha" and "Women tranported by joy" (Grand Prix, São Paulo 

Biennial, 1955), "Chronicles of the miseries of Tohoku". Final scene 

shows Munakata returning to Aomori for the annual Nebuta festival, the 

color and energy of which had inspired his own style. 

Title: The lineage of technology [videorecording] : in search of 'Japan 

originals' / produced by BS Asahi, TDK. 


Publisher: [Tokyo] : TDK, c2005. 

Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD, NTSC) (ca. 180 min.) :sd., 



Language: Soundtrack in English except for dialogues by Japanese 

speakers. English subtitles on Japanese dialogues. 




Title: Japanese Arts and Crafts = Nihon no Dento Kogei (Japan 






Summary: This volume introduces Japanese traditional arts and crafts. 

The focuses on craftsmanship. 


Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Seikatsu - Nihon no Dento bi 


Publisher: 1980s 




Title: Tokyo's traditional skills = Ima ni nokoru dento no waza (NHK 









Call Number: 733 TOM 

Title: Tomihari Woodblock Exhibition [videorecording] 

Publisher: North Sydney, NSW : The Japan Foundation, Japan Cultural 

Centre 199- 




Summary: Video recording with still cose-up shots of prints in Tomihari 

exhibition at the Japan Foundation Gallery. Followed by a recording of a 

seminar given by the artist, includes explanation of the different stages in 

the print making prrocess with deomonstration. 


Title: Craft Japan [videorecording] 

Publisher: Loganholme D. C. : Marcom Projects 




Summary: "This video introduced the major crafts in Japan which are 

lacquer, fabric weaving and puppet making (mechanic dolls). The fabric 

weaving is especially interesting as it takes viewers throgh the dying of 

skill thread and the use of natural dyesm a method widely used in Japan". 


Call Number: 733 TOM 

Title: Wood block Prints [videorecording] 

Publisher: North Sydney, NSW : The Japan Foundation, Japan Cultural 

Centre 199- 




Summary: A very brief introduction to the art of ukiyo-e, with a 

workshop by wood block artist Hisroshi Tomohari. 

Call Number: 750 TDK E 


Title: Chatō, tenohira no naka no uchū [videorecording] = The 

cosmos in the hand / [produced by NHK International].| 茶陶・手の 

ひらの中のなかの宇宙 [videorecording] = The cosmos in the hand / 







Summary: "The word of chawan, the earthware cups used in the Japanese 

tea ceremony, is complex and profound. Chawan are irregularly shaped 

and feature surfaces with subtly shifting colouration. This programme 

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focuses on Kichizaemon Raku, the 15th-generation master of Raku ware, 

a ceramic style dating back 400 years to the days of tea master Sen no 

Rikyū. His crafting of a chawan highlights the unique aesthetics of a 

simple teacup". -- from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN. 




Title: Mashikoyaki : Tochigi-ken (Tezukuri no bi, Nihon no dento 







Title: Akazuyaki : Aichi-ken (Tezukuri no bi, Nihon no dento kogei) 






Call Number: 751.19 GRO 

Title: Potters at work [videorecording] / produced and directed by 

Marty Gross. 

Publisher: Toronto : Marty Gross Film Productions, 2007, c1976. 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) :sd., col. with b&w 

additional footage ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 folded sheet booklet ([9] p.). 

System requirements:DVD (All regions, NTSC). 

Language: No dialogue. Minimal English captions to display locations 

etc. 

Restriction & Screening notes: License for no-admission screening 

conducted by JF-Sydney. 

Call Number: 751.191 IMA 

Title: Imaemon xiii : infusing colored Nabeshima ware with new 

beauty [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Sakura Eigasha = Sakura Motion Picture 1995 




Call Number: 752 VPC 

Title: Tsugarunuri : Aomori-ken (Tezukuri no bi, Nihon no dento 







Title: Hayari sutari no tsurezure ni [videorecording] : Kaga yūzen 

tanjō hiwa = Changes in the fashion : a secret birth story of Kaga 

yuzen / [produced by NHI International].|はやりすたりの徒然に 

[videorecording] : 加賀友禅誕生秘話 = Changes in the fashion : a 

secret birth story of Kaga yuzen / [produced by NHK International].| 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, NTSC) (30 min.) :digital, sd., 



Language: Narration in Japanese in English subtitles. 

Summary: Yuzen-zome is a dyeing technique in which artists draw 

patterns directly on white kimono silk. These patterns, whose motifs are 

taken from the natural world, are renowned for their beautiful colours and 

skilful rendering. This programme shows the artists at work, together 

with the final processing and washing. It is interspersed with dramatic 

reconstructions illustrating the story of the movement of yuzen-zome 

from Kyoto to Kaga. -- From NHK International TV programme 

catalogue. 




Title: The song master's apprentice : a lesson in Japanese folk songs = 

Ima ""Kobushi"" ni kakeru [videorecording] 





Summary: "The complex melodies and distinctive trills of traditional 

Japanese folk songs are not easily mastered. This program provides a 

delightful introduction to the intricacies of the art while profiling four 

young girls at fifferent stages of their apprenticeships to 84-year-old 

Grandmaster Umekawa Asano. As we and hear firsthand, there are both 

highs and lows on the road to mastery of this unique song styke". -- 

FROM CONTAINER 




Title: Meikyoku Album: Itsuki no Komori-uta [videorecording] 






Title: Nihon no uta (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo gakushu bideo 







Title: Kojo no tsuki : Nihon no kkoro (NHK meikyoku arubamu : 

sukuru-ban tokusen shirizu) [videorecording] 





Call Number: 767.8 COO 

Title: Cool drive makers [videorecording] / Rainbow juice. 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Kitty Enterprises, p1998, 1999. 

Physical description: 1 sound disc :digital, stereo ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 libretto (16 

p.). Sound Recording 


Language: Vocal track and libretto in Japanese. 


Title: The final performance : Chikuzan Takahashi = Tsugaru 

jamisen Takahashi Chikuzan no chosen [videorecording] 





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Summary: "The Shamisen is a traditional Japanese musical instrument 

that has three strings and is plucked with a plectrum. A unique style of 

Shamisen playing is Tsugaru-jamisen originated from Tsugaru, in the 

northern prefecture of Aomori. The man said to be the last master of 

Tsugaru-jamisen , Chikuzan Takahashi died in February 1998 at the age 

of 87. Blind since two years old, Chikuzan's livelihood and passion had a 

single focus - the Tsugaru-jamisen. Nearing the end of his life, Chikuzen 

courgeously began a serise of comeback performances. Despite the fact 

he had developed his cancer of larynx, he continued to play for the love 

of the music and for the sudience's enjoyment. This program unravels the 

life and inspiration if this great oerformer using interviewa and 

testimonies of those who were closest to him". -- FROM CONTAINER. 



Call Number: 768.17 NIH 

Title: Nihon no taiko [videorecording] 1997-nen 9-gatsu Kokuritsu 

Gekijō / seisaku Kokuritsu Gekijō.| 日本の太鼓 [videorecording] : 

1997 年 9 月国立劇場 / 制作国立劇場 .| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kingu Rekōdo, c1997.| 東京 : キングレコード, 

c1997.| 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (140 min.) :stereo sd., 

col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 leaflet. Video Recording 


Summary: In this live performance, we gave our attention to various 

techniques of Wadaiko (Japanese drums). Brilliant techniques of 

individuals and the superb ensemble play in the first section, lovely 

performance by children and performance by experts using there old 

fashioned skills in the second section, and Eitetsu Hayashi's solo 

performance against the single shamisen in the third section. Enjoy the 

variety of percussion artistry which is slightly differenct from the 

powerful performance by large group of players. -- from Container. 

Call Number: 768.17 WAD 

Title: Wadaiko o manabu [videorecording] / kikaku kōsei [by] 

Kankyō Wadaiko Gurūpu 21 ; shidō [by] Itaya Hiroya.| 和太鼓を学 

ぶ / 企画・構成 [by] 環境和太鼓グループ 21 ; 指導 [by] 板谷弘也 .| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō] : NHK Sofutowea : Nippon Kuraun [distributor], 

c2001.|[ 東京 ] : 日本クラウン, c2001.| 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (ca. 40 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 

in.+ 1 booklet (9 p. : ill., music ; 19 cm.) Video Recordin 

System requirements:VHS (NTSC); HiFi. 

Language: Soundtrack and text on booklet in Japanese. 

Summary: Taiko teacher Itaya Hiroya takes us through the elementary 

steps to learn to play the Taiko drums with a viewer-interactive video that 

can be used for single people or entire classrooms. The video is organised 

into chapters, the first covering correct gri 

Call Number: 768.2 GAG 

Title: Gagaku [videorecording] : jūyō mukei bunkazai / ensō, 

Kunaichō Shikibushoku Gakubu ; kikaku, seisaku, chosaku, 

Shimonaka Kinen Zaidan = Gagaku : an important intangible 

cultural property of Japan / by the musicians and dancers of 

Kunaichō Shikibushoku Gakubu (Music Department of the Board of 

Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Age 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Shimonaka Kinen Zaidan, 2007, c1972.| 東京 : 下中 

記念財団 , 2007, c1972.| 

Physical description: 8 videodiscs (DVD) (ca. 692 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 

in. + 2 commentary books (ill., music ; 21 cm.). Book 

System requirements:DVD (NTSC). Soundtrack of DVD chiefly in stereo, 

some in manaural 

Language: Narrative soundtrack option in Japanese or English on disc no. 

1, 5 & 6. Captions in Japanese and English. 

Summary: This collection includes pieces from all of the genres of 

gagaku (court music) transmitted and performed by the palace musicians 

today: kuniburi no utamai, or accompanied vocal music and dance of 

indigenous origin employed in Imperial and Shinto ceremony; kangen 

and bugaku, instrumental music and accompanied dance deriving from 

the ancient performing arts of the Asian mainland; and saibara and roei, 

genres of accompanied vocal music originating at the Heian court of the 

ninth to twelfth centuries. 


Title: Exploring fascinating sounds of Gagaku = Fushigina neiro : 

Gagaku ni chosen (Kagai jugyo yokoso senpai) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Mr. Hideki Togi is an artist who inherited th etradition of 

Gagaku, the ancient court music of Japan, and who has ushered in s new 

phase in the world of music with his fusion of Gagaku and synthesizer. 

He introduces the tone colors of Gagaku's characteristic musical 

instruments, and explains that Gagaku is originated from acient people's 

views of nature and the customs. The children try to express through 

improvisation the sounds they have felt. At the end of the class, they 

attend to perform the Gagaku classic "Etenraku" on recorders and 

keyboard harmonies". -- FROM CONTAINER. 



Call Number: 768.2 NIP 

Title: Gagaku [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Nippon Columbia 1983 




Call Number: 768.8 RYU 

Title: Ryukyukoku matsuri daiko : geion no utage [videorecording] 

Publisher: 




Call Number: 769 MOO 

Title: Butoh - Piercing the Mask [videorecording] 

Publisher: Bondi Beach, NSW : A. K. A. Productions 




Summary: "This documentary pirces the mystery and mystique of a dance 

movement adored by the West and largely ignored by th eJapanese. It 

used archival and contemporary footage of leading Butoh Performance - 

Dairakudakan, Hakutobo. Kazu Ono - and interview with Butoh 

specialists, to throw light on the essential Butoh themes of darkness, 

violence and erotics - to get to the core of what Butoh is". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 769 NAD 

Title: Nadoya Presents ""Kagome"" [videorecording] 

Publisher: [East Malvern, VIC : AMN Productions] 1994 



Summary: Performances by Yumi Umiumara, Anne Norman, Satsuki 

Odamura and Peter Neville. Two recordings of live performances from 

1993 and 1994. 

Call Number: 769 PAP 

Title: Kusa Meikyuu : Papa Tarahumara [videorecording] 



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Summary: This is a recording of the performance Kusa Meikyu by 

performance group Papa Tarahumara. 

Call Number: 769.1 HAK 

Title: Introduction to Japanese classical dance = Nihon buyo 


Publisher: Sydney : Hakusen School 1999 




Call Number: 769.1 NIS 

Title: Mochizuki no koma, Ningen damono, Izumi no hime : dai 53 

kai Nagoya odori [videorecording] 

Publisher: [Tokyo] : [Tokyo Nishikawa-kai] 2000 




Call Number: 769.1 NIS 

Title: Nagoya odori shokai bideo = [Japanese style dance introduction 

video performed by Nishikawa-ryu] [videorecording] 

Publisher: [Nagoya] : [Nishikawa-ryu] 2001 




Call Number: 769.1 NIS 22 

Title: Dai 22-kai Nishikawa Senzō risaitaru = Senzo Nishikawa the 

22th recital / M Entāpuraizu seisaku. [videorecording]| 第 22 回西川 

扇藏リサイタル = Senzo Nishikawa the 22th recital / M エンタープ 

ライズ制作 .| 

Publisher: [S.l.] : [Nishikawaryū], [2005]. 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, NTSC, Region 2) (90 min.) :sd., 

col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (8 p., 18 cm.) Video Recording 



Title: Miracle - Chin Kham Yoke [videorecording] 

Publisher: [Sydney, NSW : Chin Kham Yoke] 1996 



Summary: A recording of a live performance at the "Performance Space" 

Sydney on the 3/11/1996. 


Title: The Other Shadow - Dance By Chin Kham Yoke 


Publisher: [Sydney : Chin Kham Yoke] 1994 



Call Number: 772.1 EDO 

Title: The Edo Stage - Kabuki and Bunraku [videorecording] 





Summary: "Kabuki became extremely popular in Edo in the latter half of 

the 18th century. It was a reflection of an era in which the audience could 

view a dramatized version of their lives on stage. Both Kabuki and 

Bunraku were a social satire, which appealed to all classes and ages. This 

documentary looks at Ebiso, a modern performer from a 12th generation 

family of Kabuki performers. He still regularly appears in Kabuki in 

Asakusa and one of his more famous characters is portrayed and 

explained in this dicumentary. Chikamatsu Monzaemon was a very 

famous Japanese writer whom had some of his literature adapted to 

Bunraku(puppet theater). A popular piece Sonezaki Shinju about lover 

features at the end of this documenatry." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Noh Theatre - Embassy of Japan [videorecording] 

Publisher: [Canberra, ACT : The Embassy of Japan] 1995 



Summary: A live of a Noh performance given at the Ambassadors 

residence in Canberra, attended by the Prince and Princess Akishino. 

Contents of evening; * Official Entrance of Guests, * Tea Ceremony by 

Urasenke Foundation, * The Stone Brodge and The Ground Spider, Noh 

Performances 


Title: Noh drama (NHK International video library (Traditional 

Japanese culture = Nihon no dento bunka ; 3)) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Noh Drama is one of Japan's great theatrical traditions. With 

its history of 600 years, Noh is the world's oldest continuous tradition of 

poetic drama. Within the older modes of poetry, singing and dancing, the 

vasy compass of human emotions is given expression, snd is elevated to 

the sphere of fine art. By introducing some famous plays, the program 

shows how the realm of human passion is embodied in the mask, 

movement, and music of Noh and preserved for all time on the stage". -- 




Call Number: 773 NOH 

Title: No nyumon = Introduction to Japanese Noh (Set of 2 video 

tapes ; No towa donna monoka = This is Noh ; No ""Izutsu"" = Noh 

""Izutsu"" - The wooden water well) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Kyoto : Noh Theatre Association, Kyoto Branch. Kyoto Noh 

Association 2000 

Physical description: 40 min x 2 Video Recording 



Summary: "Scripted by Noh actors by themselves, this video presents 

portions of numerous plays, rehearsals, and individual dances to provide 

deep insight into the art of noh Japan's profoundlly moving ancient 

masked dance-drama". -- FROM CONTEINAR. 


Title: 650 years at center stage = Otoko no harebutai : 650 nen no 

dento o mau [videorecording] 





Summary: "Kimitake Ueda has been performing Noh for 31 of his 34 

years, and recently passes a milestone with his rendition of the bell 

sequence in the Dojoji Temple play. This episode follows the 

determinding life of a Noh actor, focusing on Ueda, the third of four sons 

born to a Noh master of the Kanze School of Kobe, as he undertakes a 

seven0year apprenticeship program. The world of Noh theater is very 

diciplined, and an aspiring actor most sharpen all his sence and absorb the 

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techniques that his teacher's body had perfected through the years". -- 





Title: Yume to utsutsu o samayoite [videorecording] : Nō, onnamen = 

Noh masks beauty transient, beauty eternal : Noh the female mask / 

[produced by NHK International].| 夢と現をさまよいて 

[videorecording] : 能・女面 = Noh masks beauty transient, beauty 

eternal : Noh the female mask / [produced by NHK International].| 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, NTSC) :digital, sd., col. ;4 3/4 




Summary: Noh is form of drama dating back to the 14th century in which 

the actors wear masks. Noh masks, which are highly stylized and never 

deviate from traditional forms, possess an uncanny power to 

communicate the whole range of human emotions. The same mask can 

convey both tenderness and cruelty, courage and cowardice, dream and 

reality. This programme seeks to reveal the little-known world of Noh in 

general and the art of mask-making in particular. -- From NHK 

International TV programme catalogue. 



Call Number: 773.9 BUS 

Title: Jugyo, kyogen ""Busu"" [videorecording] 






Title: Nomura Mansaku : A final ""fox"" = Nomura Mansaku saigo 

no ""kitsune"" ni idomu (NHK International video library) 






Summary: "Nomura Mansaku is a master of "Kyogen", a traditional 

Japanaese form of drama. Near the end of illustorious carrer, he has 

decided to perform the classic kyogen masterpiece "Tsuri-Gitsune" one 

last time. The story concerns a fight between a fox and a fisherman who 

killes the fox's family and friends. It is said that one entertainer generally 

perform this piece only once or twice in his life. It is a tribute to 

Nomura's ability and longevity that this his final performance of "Tsuri- 

Gitsune", is hid 23rd". -- FROM CONTAINER. 



Call Number: 773.9 NOM 

Title: Nomura Manzo 7 : The spirit and technique of Kyogen = 

Kyogen Nomura Manzo : Waza to kokoro [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Sakura eigasha 1999 





Title: Koken : stage assistants in Kabuki [videorecording] 





Summary: Koken are the stage assistant in Kabuki performance.They are 

usualy dressed in black with a face covering to give th eillusion of 

invisibility. This documentary is a tribute to their skill and art. The Koken 

are responsible for a large variety of tasks such as prop placemet, customs 

and sets. They have to remain calm at all times and often must crouch for 

long period on the stage without moving. In more stylized drama they 

will appear in formal attrie and sometimes can have lines or small voval 

parts in s performance. Kabuki has had an infuluence on theater 

throughout the world and the role of Koken has been included in overseas 

productions. This documentary consists of several interviews with 

experienced Koken and Kabuki actors and lots of footage of Kabuki 

performances. 


Title: Nihon no dentō bunka [videorecording] Kabuki = Traditional 

Japanese culture. Kabuki / [produced by NHK International].| 日本の 

伝統文化 [videorecording]. 歌舞伎 = Traditional Japanese culture. 

Kabuki / [produced by NHK International].| 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, NTSC) (20 min.) :digital., sd., 




Summary: The history of kabuki goes back four centuries. This 

programme offers a very basic introduction to this fascinating, complex 

tradition. 



Call Number: 775.1 HAN 

Title: Izumi Kyoka no kusa meikyu (Video Show Gekijo ; Hanagumi 

Shibai) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : BMG Victor 1993 




Call Number: 775.1 HIR 1 

Title: Kataku ka shura ka : Seinendan dai 29kai koen (Hirata Oriza 

no Genba ; 1) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Kinokuniya Shoten 1995 

ISBN: 4-906329-19-5 





Title: Minami e : Seinendan dai 30kai koen (Hirata Oriza no Genba ; 



ISBN: 4-906329-26-8 





Title: Kono sei wa ukeiregatashi : Seinendan + Hirosaki Gekijo godo 

koen (Hirata Oriza no Genba ; 3) [videorecording] 


ISBN: 4-906329-27-6 




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Call Number: 775.1 KAT 

Title: Nayotake [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Pony Canion 1 




Call Number: 775.1 YUM 

Title: Hanshin (Gekidan Yume no Yuminsha) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) 1988 




Call Number: 775.1 MIN 

Title: Shokin kasegi (Video show gekijo ; Minami Kawachi Manzai 

Ichiza) [videorecording] 






Title: Hitotsu attemo ii : Making of Hanshin (Gekidan Yume no 

Yuminsha) [videorecording] 





Call Number: 775.1 NIN 

Title: Chikamatsu shinju monogatari : sore wa koi (Toho Video) 


Publisher: Tokyo : Toho 1983 





Title: Koyubi no omoide (Gekidan Yume no Yuminsha) 







Title: Ninagawa Makubesu (Toho Video) [videorecording] 






Title: Mo hitotsu attemo ii (Gekidan Yume no Yuminsha) 






Call Number: 775.1 SAN 

Title: Akai kutsu (Bideo show gekijo ; Gekidan 300) [videorecording] 





Call Number: 775.1 SHI 

Title: Shojotoshi kara no sakebigoe (Video show gekijo ; Shijiku 

Ryozanhaku) [videorecording] 






Title: ZendaJo no toriko : Koke musu bokura ga eiji no yoru 

(Gekidan Yume no Yuminsha) [videorecording] 






Title: Ojo Media (Toho Video) [videorecording] 






Title: Decent of the Brutes; Nokemono kitarite (Gekidan Yume no 







Title: Gansaku, sakura no mori no mankai no shita : Sakaguchi Ango 

sakuhinshu yori (Gekidan Yume no Yuminsha) [videorecording] 





Call Number: 777.1 GRO 

Title: The lovers' exile [videorecording] / produced and directed by 

Marty Gross. 

Publisher: [Toronto, Ont.] : Marty Gross Film Productions, c2006. 


col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet ([29] p., : col. ill. ; 19 cm.) Vid 

System requirements:DVD (Region ALL, PAL). 


Summary: The story, one Chikamatsu's domestic tragedies, recounts the 

love between a penniless clerk and an indentured prostitute. In Bunraku, 

as the reciter tells the story, the master holds the puppet against his chest, 

and his right arm gives life to the right arm of the puppet. His two 

assistants are clothed in black; one assistant gives life to the left arm of 

the puppet, the other gives life to the body, skirts, or legs. 

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Sydney. 

Call Number: 777.1 IMO 

Title: Imoseyama and Teachings for Virtuous Ladies - Scenes from 

Bunraku. Act 3, Scene 3, The Mountain Scene [videorecording] 

Publisher: [North Sydney : The Japan Foundation, Japan Cultural 

Centre] 



Summary: A story set in Asuka era; Fujiwara Kamatari plotted revenge 

on the tyrant Soga Iruka and caused his ruin, Previously Iruka had sent 

Kamatari into hiding, whilist he harbors designs on his daughter Uneme. 

Uneme is nowhere to be found and is feared to have thrown herself into a 

pond. 


Title: Bunraku eno sasoi = The Bunraku puppet theatre 


Publisher: Tokyo : Sakura Eigasha 2000 




Summary: This is an intorduction to Bunraku Theater, containing 

information about the founders of Bunraku Takemoto Gidaya a musician 

and Chikamatsu Monzaemon a playwright; who brought the combination 

of Puppets, chanting stories and Shamisen together to become Bunraku. 

This documentary looks at the creative collaboration between Chikamatsu 

and Takemnoto and how they founded the Takaemoto Theater that lead to 

the "Golden Age of Bunraku". The role of the artist involved in a 

Bunraku Performance are also explained from the Narrator, who is the 

voice of all the characters, to the craftmen, who make the puppets. The 

puppeteers themselves are three to a puppet, which is unique to Bunraku 

Theater. 


Title: Bunraku (NHK International video library (Traditional 

Japanese culture = Nihon no dento bunka ; 2) [videorecording] 





Summary: "This program enables viewers to grasp an idea of the classic 

"Bunraku" puppet-play, which is a composite art if puppets and puppetmanipulates, 

accompanied by storytelling and three stringed Shamisen 

mucsic, by inserting actual :Bunraku" scenes to illustrate their respective 

rolls". -- FROM CONTAINER. 



Call Number: 777.1 SON 

Title: Bunraku: Sonezaki Shinju - Journey to the Tenjin Woods 


Publisher: [Tokyo : Kokusai Koryu Kikin = The Japan Foundation[ 1982 




Summary: First performed in 1703 this romantic tragedy was a hit among 

Bunraku fans for its different content to past performances of battle 

grandeur. This is episode 5 of Chikamatsu's famous drama, the scene 

where the two lovers are driven to a join suicide to be together in the sprit 

world. 

Call Number: 777.1 TSU 

Title: The Miracle of Tsubosaka Temple [videorecording] 





Summary: The miracle of Tsuboka Temple is 100year-old tale performed 

by the Yuki Troupe. Specialising in string-manipulated puppets The Yuki 

Troupe is one of the oldest families of the Japanese traditional puppet 

theaters. Inherited from father to son it has been in existence for nearly 

350 years. The story tells of a miracle performed by the secural virtues of 

human love and fidelity as well as religious faith. 

Call Number: 778.21 ANN 

Title: Cutie Honey [videorecording] = Kyūtī Hanī / [directed by 

Hideaki Anno ; screenplay by Hideaki Anno and Rumi 

Takahashi].|Cutie Honey [videorecording] = キューティーハニー / 

[directed by Hideaki Anno ; screenplay by Hideaki Anno and Rumi 

Takahashi].| 

Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007]. 



System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 16:9 

anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 

Dolby Digit 

Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese with optional English 

subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild fantasy violence, Mild sexual 

references. 

Summary: "Popular manga comic Cutie Honey is brought to life. Honey 

is an office worker who hides a secret. Developed by her father, Honey 

has the 'Love System' a necklace that allows her to transform into the 

super hero Cutie Honey. The evil Claw Gang attempt to steal the 

necklace and Cutie Honey must use all of her superpowers to save the 

world from hate." -- from Container. 

Call Number: 778.21 DEA 1/2 

Title: Death note [videorecording] : movie collection 


Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (feature length 121+135 

min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet ([24] p.). Video Recording 


anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation. 

Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate supernatural violence. 

Summary: Light Yagami is a brilliant university student who resents the 

crime and corruption in the world. His life undergoes a drastic change 

when he discovers a mysterious notebook, known as the "Death Note", 

lying on the ground. The Death Note's instructions claim that, if a 

human's name is written within it, that person will die. 

Call Number: 778.21 GOD 

Title: Godzilla : son of Godzilla = Kaijūtō no kessen : Gojira no 

musuko [videorecording] / directed by Jun Fukuda.|Godzilla : son of 

Godzilla = 怪獣島の決戦 : ゴジラの息子 [videorecording] / directed 

by Jun Fukuda.| 

Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006]. 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (feature length 

86 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 


anamorphic wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 

Dolby Digi 

Language: Feature soundtrck in Japanese with English subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild violence 

Summary: "On a tropical island in the Pacific, a group of scientists 

conduct weather experiments. A malfunction creates a radioactive storm, 

causing the local Praying Nantis colony to grouw to ver 100 feet tall. The 

Mntis colony finds a giant egg, which contains Minilla - Son fo Godzilla. 

Soon Godzilla arrives to teach his son the skills to help him become a 

future 'King of Monsters'. Son of Godzilla is a fun adventure for all the 

family." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

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Call Number: 778.21 GOD 

Title: Godzilla [videorecording] / directed by Ishiro Honda. 

Edition: Special 50th anniversary ed. two movies on one disc 

Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1954, c1956 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (175 min.) :sd., 

b&w ;4 3/4 in.+ notes Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame 

original ratio (4:3) presentation; Japanese sound track in 5.1 Dolby 

Digital 


Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Low level violence. 

Summary: "This original Japanese of the 1954 classic, completely uncut, 

is available for the first time ever in Australia. Director Ishiro Honda's 

original masterpiece of monster mayhem is also pwerful anti Nuclear 

statement- which was cut from the US version." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 ICH 

Title: Tony Takitani [videorecording] = Tonī Takitani / Written and 

directed by Ichikawa Jun.|Tony Takitani [videorecording] = トニー 

滝谷 / written and directed by 市川準 .| 

Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Aztec International Entertainment, 

[2006]. 




wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital. 


Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild Themes. 

Summary: "Alienated by his English name and from his own feelings of 

neglect of his father, a jazz trumpeter, Tony Takitani becomes a skilled 

engineering draughtsman. One day he falls for Eiko, courts and marries 

her and knows happiness for the first time in his life except that she has a 

compulsion to buy expensive designer clothes. Tragedy soon strikes and 

Tony is alone again." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 IMA 

Title: The eel [videorecording] = Unagi / directed by Shohei Imamura. 

Series title: Directors suite. Shohei Imamura 

Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1997 






Rating: OFLC rating: R18+, including High level violence. 

Summary: "After an anonymous tip-off, white collar worker, Takuro 

Yamashita (Koji Yakusho), brutally stabs his wife and her lover in a 

jealous rage. After eight years in prison, he is relocated to a small town 

where he befriends a fisherman, a priest and an eel. Reopening a 

ramshackle barbershop, he meets several of the town's eccentric locals, 

none of whom are aware of his troubled past. One of these, the beautiful 

Keiko Hattori (Misa Shimizu), looks strikingly similar to the wife he had 

murdered almost a decade before. Grudgingly employing her as his 

assistant, Yamashita soon finds his business booming and vainly attempts 

to repress his growing desire for her. Just as their world begins to find 

some semblance of harmony, Yamashita's former prison-mate threatens 

to expose his secreat, and Keiko's former lover has his eye on the family 

fortune". -- FRON CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 INA 

Title: Daredevil in the castle [videorecording] / produced by 

Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay by Hiroshi Inagaki and Takeshi 

Kimura ; directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. 





wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in dual mono 

Dolby D 


Rating: OFLC ratin: M, including Moderate violence. 

Summary: "With his family killed, the samurai Mohei (Toshiro Mifune) 

is lost in despair. After arriving in the city of Osaka, the ruling Toyotomi 

clan enlist Mohei for his sperior samurai skills in battle. Soon, his skills 

will be put to the ultimate test as Osaka Castle is besieged by a powerful 

rival army and Mohei's daredevil nature emerges." -- from container. 


Title: Samurai saga [videorecording] = Aru kengō no shōgai / 

screenplay and directed by Inagaki Hiroshi ; [produced by Tanaka 

Tomoyuki].|Samurai saga [videorecording] = 或る剣豪の生涯 / 

screenplay and directed by Inagaki Hiroshi ; [produced by Tanaka 

Tomoyuki].| 




System requirements:DVD-5 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; single layer; 

anamorphic wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 

dual 


Summary: Adapted from the French novel "Cyrano de Bergerac" by 

Edmond Rostand. Komaki is a swordman with the heart of poet and the 

nose of Tengu, a Japanese folklore specter. Falling in love, he finds his 

lady of choice, but only sees him as a friend. Komaki then sets about to 

help another man win her heart with his poetry, but plots and schemes 

will require sharp wits and an even sharper blade. 


Title: The 47 ronin [videorecording] / produced by Sanezumi 

Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Inagaki ; screenplay by Toshio 

Yasumi ; directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. 




System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 16:9 anamorphic 

wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in dual mode. 


Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate themes. 

Summary: "In 18th century Japan, society is ruled by the etiquette set by 

the Shogunate. When a young lord refuses to become involved with a 

corrupt chancellor, his lands are forfeited and his samurai disbanded. The 

samurai are torn between orders from the Shogun and loyalty to their 

lord." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: The incident at blood pass [videorecording] = Machibuse / 

produced by Mifune Toshiro & Nishikawa Yoshio ; screenplay [by] 

Fujiki Kyu ... [et al.] ; directed by Inagaki Hiroshi.|The incident at 

blood pass [videorecording] = 待ち伏せ / produced by Mifune 

Toshiro & Nishikawa Yoshio ; screenplay [by] Fujiki Kyu ... [et al.] ; 

directed by I 






dual mono Dolb 


Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Infrequent moderate violence. 

Summary: "A nameless ronin is sent on a mission to help an evil gang 

steal the Shogun's gold. Order to kill innocent people, and finding himself 

in a double cross, the ronin must decide between fortune and honour as 

the moment at Blood Pass draw near." -- from Container. 

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Call Number: 778.21 KIR 

Title: Casshern [videorecording] / [directed and written by Kazuaki 

Kiriya]. 

Publisher: [Pyrmont, N.S.W.] : Rialto Entertainment, c2005. 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length ca. 145 

min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); 2.35:1 anamorphic 

widescreen presentation; Japanese soundtrack on Dolby Digital stereo. 


Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate violence. 

Summary: A live-action feature based on the 70's animation, Casshern is 

set in a uniquely retro-futuristic world and addresses this theme in an epic 

of sweeping visual power and deep emotional resonance. 

Call Number: 778.21 KIT 

Title: Alive [videorecording] / screenplay by Ryuhei Kitamura, Yudai 

Yamaguchi, Isao Kiriyama ; produced by Hidemi Satani with Taizo 

Fukumaki ; directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. 

Edition: Director's cut 



col. ;4 3/4 in. Book 


wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 or 2.0 

Dolby Di 

Language: Feature soundtracks in English or Japanese with optional 

English subtitles. 

Rating: MA15+ 

Summary: Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the 

men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his 

execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt 

or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments. He chooses 

the latter and is put in a cell with a rapist and a woman who's infected 

with a taint that transports from person to person during extreme anger. 

The taint is transferred to Tenshu and he must now deal with the military 

who has interrupted the experiment to obtain it. 


Title: Aragami [videorecording] / directed by Ryuhei Kitamura ; 

produced by Shinya Kawai.| 荒神 [videorecording] / directed by 

Ryuhei Kitamura ; produced by Shinya Kawai.| 

Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, 2006. 




wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby 

Digital a 

Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese and English with optional 


Rating: OFCL rating: M, including Moderate violence, Moderate themes. 

Summary: "Deep in the mountains of Ancient Japan, a wounded samurai 

takes refuge in a temple. Collapsing with exhaustion, he awakens to find 

himself miraculously healed. A mysterious host tells of the legend of 

Aragami - an immortal who feasts on the flesh of men - and that the only 

way for him to survive is to defeat Aragami - in a fight to the death!" -- 


Summary: "Set in feudal Japan, Azumi is an anime come to life. Azumi is 

part of an elite group of assassins raised from birth to carry out deadly 

missions. When the assassin clan is forced to leave its training home to 

seek out and kill key political figures, Azumi begins to question her 

master's wisdom. On the trail of a warlord, Azumi encounters unfriendly 

ninja, bandits, soldiers and a mysterious villan dressed in white. Director 

Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus) creates another furious heart-pounding actionadventure 

with Azumi. With the beautiful Aya Ueto and Kitamura's 

frantic direction, Azumi is destined to become an action classic." -- 



Title: Boiling point [videorecording] = 3-4x 10-gatsu / written and 

directed by Takeshi Kitano ; executive producer Kazuyoshi 

Okuyama.|Boiling point [videorecording] = 3-4x 十月 / written and 

directed by Takeshi Kitano ; executive producer Kazuyoshi 

Okuyama.| 

Series title: Takeshi Kitano collection 




System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dula layer; anamorphic 

wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby 

Digital. 

Language: Feature sound track in Japanese with optional English 

subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Medium level violence, Medium level 

coarse language 

Summary: Genuinely original and often comic slow-burn thriller peopled 

by eccentrics in which a teenager, Masaki, accidentally breaks the arm of 

a yakuza in a fight, leaving himself and the gas station where he works 

open to reprisals. Masaki and two friends fly to Okinawa to buy a gun for 

protection only to be caught up in a gang war when they tag along with 

an off-the-wall yakuza played by Takeshi. 


Title: Dolls [videorecording] / directed, written and edited by Takeshi 

Kitano. 



col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (19 p.). Video Recording 


wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 and 2.0 

Dolby Dig 


subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate violence, Moderate themes. 

Summary: "The first concerns a rising young executive who turned his 

back on his girlfriend in pursuit of his career. After her failed suicide 

attempt, which leaves her in a mindless daze, he runs to his former love's 

side and they roam the country together, bound by a red cord, in search of 

something they have lost. The second follows an ageing yakuza who also 

abandoned his girlfriend for the sake of success. 30 years later, he is 

compelled to return to the park where they used to meet. The final tale is 

of a former pop star who becomes a recluse following a disfiguring 

accident. One day, one of her greatest fans comes to prove his devotion to 

her..." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Azumi [videorecording] / directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. 

Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, 2003 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, All regions) (123 




Dolby Digi 


Rating: OFLC rating: R18+, including Mediun level violence. 


Title: Hana-bi = Fireworks [videorecording] / directed by Takeshi 

Kitano. 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, all regions) :sd., col. ;4 


System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anomorphic 

wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack i 2.0 Dolby Digital. 


Rating: OFLC rarting: MA15+, including High level violence. 

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Summary: "Detective Nishi is bitter when he learns that his wife Miyuki 

is terminally il and his partner Horibe was shot and now tied to a 

wheelchair. Horibe wants to become a painter, but doesn't have money 

for that. To help him and a young police widow whose husband was shot 

dead during an arrast , he borrows money from yakuza. After that he buys 

an old car, paints it as a police car, and, dressed in uniform, 

singlehandedlly robs a bank. With the money he goes on a final farewell 

journey to gether with his wife." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Sonatine [videorecording] 

Series title: Takeshi Kitano collection 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 



anamorophic wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 

5.1 Dolby Dig 


Rating: OFLC rating: MA 15+, Medium level violence. 

Summary: "SONATINE is a masterwork from legendary writer, actor and 

director Takeshi Kitano. Kitano is Murakawa, a yakuza chife sent to 

Okinawa to settle a dispute between two factions. Several of his men die 

in suspicious circumstances so Murakami and the rest of the gang retreat 

to remoto beach house to await further orders. Soon he realised that he 

has been set up and Murakami sets out to find his powerful yakuza bosses 

for a final showdown. Images of beauty are set against extream violence 

in this unique, clever and original piece of Japanese yakuza cinema." -- 



Title: Takeshis' [videorecording] / written, edited and directed by 

Takeshi Kitano ; produced by Masayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida. 





widescreen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtracks in 5.1/2.0 Dolby 

Digital 


subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Strong themes and violence. 

Summary: "Beat Takeshi lives the busy, and sometimes surreal, life of a 

show biz celebrity. But his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy 

convenience store cashier, is still an unknown actor waiting for his big 

break. After crossing paths with Beat and a series of frustrating auditions, 

Kitano seems to mysteriously fall into a fantasy state highlighted by 

aspects of Beat's real life and violent onscreen persona..." -- from 

Container. 


Title: Versus [videorecording] / directed by Ryuhei Kitamura ; 

screenplay by Ryuhei Kitamura, Yudai Yamaguchi. 




System requirements:DVD-9 (All regions, PAL); dual layer, 16:9 


and 2.0 


Rating: OFLC rating: R18+, including Medium level violence, Horror 

theme. 

Summary: "Many believe that there are 666 gates to Hell hidden here on 

earth. Legend says that somewhere in Japan's 'Forest of Resurrection' lies 

the 444th gate. Escaped prisoner KSC2-303 is double crossed by his 

rescuers and flees into the mysterious forest. Within the trees dead 

Yakuza come back to life to seek vengeance on all living souls. Prisoner 

KSC2-303 must fight his pursuers, the police and Yakuza zombies to stay 

alive". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Violent cop [videorecording] = Sono otoko kyōbō ni tsuki / 

producer Kazuyoshi Okuyama ; screenplay Hisashi Nozawa ; 

director Takeshi Kitano.|Violent cop [videorecording] = その男 , 凶暴 

につき / producer Kazuyoshi Okuyama ; screenplay Hisashi 

Nozawa ; director Takeshi Kitano.| 





Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including High level violence. 

Summary: "Investigating a drug dealer's murder, Azuma and rookie 

detective Kikuchi find fellow officers are on the take. When Azuma is 

caught for beating a gangster he is forced to quit the force. After the gang 

kidnaps his sister as retribution, Azuma goes on a merciless rampage of 

revenge." -- from Container. 


Title: Zatoichi [videorecording] : the blind swordsman / writted, 

directed and edited by Takeshi Kitano. 

Publisher: South Yarra, Vic. : Buena Vista Home Entertainment 

[distributor], c2003. 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length ca. 111 


System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL), dual layer; (1.85: 1) aspect 

ration on 16:9 wide screen; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital, Japa 

Language: Feature soundtrack options in English and Japanese with 

optional English subtitles, English closed captions for 


Summary: "In an empire ruled by fear, the people's only hope is the 

ultimate weapon Zatoichi - a blind, nomadic samurai whose sword has 

made him a hero and whose courage has made him a legend. Determined 

to help the desperate residents of a village, Zatoichi seeks justice throught 

revenge!" -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 KOB 

Title: The hidden blade [videorecording] = Kakushi ken oni no tsume 

/ directed by Yoji Yamada ; screenplay by Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka 

Asama ; executive producer Sakomoto Junichi.|Hidden blade 

[videorecording] = 隠し剣鬼の爪 / directed by Yoji Yamada ; 

screenplay by Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama ; executive producer 

Sakomoto Junichi.| 


[2006]. 






Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Strong violence. 

Summary: "In the mid-19th century, during the final days of the Shoguns 

and the Samurais, the winds of change blowing throughout the country 

are beginning to be felt even in the Unasaka domain, a small fief on the 

northwest coast of Japan's main island." -- From AV Channel web site. 

Call Number: 778.21 KOR 

Title: Nobody knows [videorecording] = Dare mo shiranai / directed, 

written and edited by Kore-eda Hirokazu ; produced by TV Man 

Union ... [et al.].|Nobody knows [videorecording] = 誰も知らない / 

directed, written and edited by Kore-eda Hirokazu ; produced by TV 

Man Union ... [et al.].| 




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System requirements:DVD-9 (Region ALL, PAL); dual layer; 

anamorphic wide screen (16:9) presentation; soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby 

Digital. 


Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Adult theme. 

Summary: "Four siblings live happily with their mother in a small 

apartment in Tokyo. The children all have different fathers, They have 

never been to school. The very existence of three of them has been hidden 

from the landlord. One day, the mother leaves behind a little money and a 

note, asking her 12-year-old boy to look after the others. And so begins 

the children's odyssey, a journey nobody knows. Though engulfed by the 

cruel fate of abandonment, the four children do their best to survive in 

their own little world, devising and following their own set of rules. Whe 

they are forced to engage with the world outside their cocooned universe, 

the fragile balance that has sustained them collapses." -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 KUR 

Title: Drunken angel [videorecording] = Yoidore tenshi / scenario by 

Keinosuke Uegusa, Akira Kurosawa ; directed by Akira 

Kurosawa.|Drunken angel [videorecording] = 酔いどれ天使 / 

scenario by Keinosuke Uegusa, Akira Kurosawa ; directed by Akira 

Kurosawa.| 



b&w ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 


wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in Dolby Digital 1.0. 


Summary: "In the filthy, crater-pocked slums of post-war Tokyo, the 

yakuza reign. When local heavy Matsunaga (Toshiro Mifune) needs 

medical attention after a fight, the alcoholic Dr Sanada (Takashi Shimura) 

recognises some of his own flaws in his patient and decides to save him -- 

from tuberculosis and from himself. But when Matsunaga's rival is 

released from prison, he realises his status as local mob boss under threat 

-- and the young hoodlum decides he can't afford health, or help. -- From 

Container. 


Title: High and low [videorecording] = Tengoku to jigoku / seisaku 

Tanaka Tomoyuki, Kikushima Ryūzō ; kyakuhon Oguni Hideo ... [et 

al.] ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira.|High and low [videorecording] = 天 

国と地獄 / 製作田中友幸 , 菊島隆三 ; 脚本小国英雄 ... [et al.] ; 監督 

黒澤明 .| 

Series title: Directors suite. Akira Kurosawa 



b&w. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 viewer's guide booklet (18 p. : ill. ; 18 


wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in Dolby Digital 

4.0 o 


subtitles. 

Rating: PG 

Summary: Kingo Gondō, a wealthy industrialist and corporate 

Machiavelli on the brink of unrivalled succcess in the Japanese shoe 

industry when he becomes the target of extortion. But in a cruel twist of 

fate, it is his chauffer's son who is kidnapped in his own son's place -- and 

so Gondo must choose to either pay the huge ransom and lose his empire, 

or else take responsibility for the boy's life. 


Title: I live in fear [videorecording] = Ikimono no kiroku / produced 

by Seijiro Motoki ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.|I live in fear 

[videorecording] = 生きものの記録 / produced by Seijiro Motoki ; 

directed by Akira Kurosawa.| 




b&w. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 

System requirements:dvd-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; original ratio 

(4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 1.0 Dolby Digital. 


Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild themes. 

Summary: An elderly and wealthy industrialist is driven to madness over 

fears of a nuclear attack. In a futile attempt to save his family he 

pressures them to leave Japan and move to the rainforest in Brazil where 

he believes they will be safe. His family, complacent and cynical, is 

outraged and move to have him declared insane. 


Title: Ikiru [videorecording] = To live / produced by Motogi Sojiro ; 

screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; 

directed by Akira Kurosawa.| 生きる [videorecording] = To live / 

produced by Motogi Sojiro ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, 

Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.| 






original ration (4:3); Japanese soundtrack in 1.0 Dolby Digital. 


Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild coarse language, Mild themes. 

Summary: "When petty official Kanji Watanabe learns he is going to die 

he begins a quest for the true meaning of existence. Realising that his life 

until now has been wasted and no longer finding solace in his family or 

job he withdraws his money from the bank, intending to spend his last 

days in pleasure. It is not long before pachinko and alcohol lose their 

charm, and Watanabe begins to master his own experience." -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: Kagemusha [videorecording] = The double / directed by Akira 

Kurosawa.| 影武者 [videorecording] = The double / directed by Akira 

Kurosawa.| 

Edition: Special ed. 

Publisher: Moore Park, N.S.W. : Twentieth Century Fox Home 

Entertainment South Pacific [distributor], c2007, c1980. 

Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (feature length 152 min. + 

extras) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); 16:9 anamorphic wide 

screen (2.35:1) aspect ratio; feature Japanese soundtrack in 4.0 Dolby 

Digital. 

Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles 

and closed-captions for the hearing impaired. Au 

Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild violence. 

Summary: A condemned thief is rescued from the gallows because of his 

uncanny resemblance to the powerful warlord Shingen Takeda. When 

Takeda dies in battle he is replaced by his Kagemusha (or double), who 

eventually becomes a great leader. Set in 16th century Japan. 


Title: Kurosawa : a documentary [videorecording] 

Series title: Akira Kurosawa collection 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, all regions) (90 min.) :sd., 


System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; fyll frame pan 

& scan (4:3) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital and Ja 

Language: Feature soundtracks in English and Japanese with optional 


Rating: OFCL rating: PG, including Medium level violence, Adult 

themes. 

Summary: "From Rashomon (1950) to Ran (1985), Akira Kurosawa set 

new boundaries for world cinema. His extraordinary career spanned one 

of Japan's most dramatic centuries and produced a string of masterpieces 

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unrivalled in motion picture history. In the first major documentary to be 

made since his death in 1988, Kurosawa's family and colleagues are 

joined by critics from Japan and America to produce a comprehensive 

assessment of his schievements. Shot in High Definition, this revealing 

look at the accleimed director features extensive clips from Kurosawa's 

greatest films and includes interviews with Japmes Coburn and Clint 

Eastwood along with longtime associate Teruyo Nogami, actress Michiko 

Kyo ans Isuzu Yamada, actor Tetusya Nakadai, director Kno Ichikawa 

and critics Tadao Sato and renowned Kurosawa historian Donald 

Ritchie." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Maadadayo [videorecording] = Māda dayo / written and 

directed by Akira Kurosawa ; general producers, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, 

Gohei Kogure ; produced by Daiei, Dentsu, Kurosawa 

production.|Maadadayo [videorecording] = まあだだよ / written and 

directed by Akira Kurosawa ; general producers, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, 

Gohei Kogure ; produced by Daiei, De 






subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: PG. Including Mature theme, Mild coarse language. 

Summary: Follows the last two decades in the life of Hayakken Uchida, a 

writer and beloved teacher who retires in the early 1940s. 


Title: Pulse [videorecording] = Kairo / written and directed by 

Kurosawa Kiyoshi ; a Daiei ...[et al.] production.|Pulse 

[videorecording] = 回路 / written and directed by Kurosawa 

Kiyoshi ; a Daiei ...[et al.] production.| 





wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtracks in 5.1 or 2.0 

Dolby D 


subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Strong themes. 

Summary: A group of young friends are rocked by the sudden suicide of 

one of their own and his subsequent ghostly reappearance in grainy 

computer and video images. More deaths follow as the world is slowly 

being drained of life. 


Title: Rashomon [videorecording] = Rashōmopn / screenplay by 

Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto ; directd by Akira Kurosawa. 






original ratio (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in dual mono Dolby 

Dig 


subtitles. 


Summary: Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective 

reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to 

present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a 

bandit. 


Title: Red beard [videorecording] / directed by Akira Kurosawa. 


Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1965, [2004] 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (185 min.) :sd., b&w ;4 3/4 in. 




Dolby Digi 


Rating: OFLC rating: M15+, including Adult themes, Sexual references, 

Medium level vi 

Summary: Kurosawa's "monument to the goodness of man" chronicles 

the tumultuous and touching relationship that develops between a vain 

young doctor and a compassionate clinic director in 19th century Japan. 


Title: Retribution [videorecording] = Sakebi / produced by Taka 

Ichise ; written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.|Retribution 

[videorecording] = 叫 / produced by Taka Ichise ; written and 

directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.| 






and 2.0 Do 



Summary: "Detective Yoshioka is called to the site of an unsual homicide. 

A woman in a red dress has been mysteriously drowned in a pool of 

shallow water. As clues begin to appear, strangely, all evidence points 

towards detective Yoshioka even though he claims to have never met the 

dead girl. An invisible force seems to be leading him down a path of no 

return, a path of retribution." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Sanjuro [videorecording] 






wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital 

and 


Rating: OFCL rating: PG, including Low level violence. 

Summary: "Korosawa's follow up to YOJINBO sees the return of Toshiro 

Mifune as SANJURO. Nine young and naive samurai are attempting to 

stop corruption in their local clan with the advice of the strange 

SANJURO to guide them. With plenty of action among this light-hearted 

comedy, SANJURO is an examination of manners, protocol and politics 

in feudal Japan- and also boasts one of the fastest and most breathtaking 

climactic duels in cinema history." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Sanshiro Sugata = Sugata Sanshirō [videorecording] / directed 

by Akira Kurosawa.|Sanshiro Sugata = 姿三四郎 [videorecording] / 


Edition: censord version, released in 1944. 


Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC] : Madman Entertainment, [2005] 


79 min.) :sd., b&w ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 


original ratio (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital 

a 



Summary: "The directorial debut from one of the screen's greatest ever 

directors - Akira Kurosawa. Sanshiro Sugata is the tale of the emergence 

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of the fighting art of Judo in old Japan. Set in the late 19th century, the 

film follws a wayward young man Sutgata and his quest for knowledge. 

After witnessing some Ju-Jutsu bullies beaten by a man with a new 

fighting style, Sugata yearns to learn the emerging art of Judo. as Sugata 

aims to beat the Ju-Jitsu masters he also fights a battle with his inner 

self." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Scandal [videorecording] / director, Akira Kurosawa ; 

producer, Takashi Koide. 


Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1950, [2004] 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) :sd., b&w. ;4 3/4in. 


System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 4:3 original 

ratio (1.37:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital. 


Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Adult themes. 

Summary: "Ichiro is a young painter on holiday in the mountains. By 

chance he meets Miyako- a famous singer who is staying at the same 

hotel. Wnating privacy, Miyako is uncooperative in the press and soon a 

tabloid magazine falsely suggests a scandalous relationship between the 

singer and the young painter. When Ichiro sues, his lawyer accepts a 

bribe and the real scandal begins." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Seven samurai [videorecording] = Shichi-nin no samurai / 

director Akira Kurosawa.|Seven samurai [videorecording] = 七人の 

侍 / director Akira Kurosawa.| 

Edition: 50th anniversary ed. 



b&w; ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; original aspect 

ration (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital and 



Summary: 16th Century Japan. A primitive village dreading the annual 

raid of bandits who carry off the harvest and the village girls, decides to 

hire Samurai, professional warriors, to help defend themselves. 


Title: Stray dog = Norainu [videorecording] / directed by Akira 

Kurosawa.|Stray dog = 野良犬 [videorecording] / directed by Akira 

Kurosawa.| 


Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC] : Madman Entertainment, [2005]. 


122 min.) :sd., b&w. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 





Summary: "Rooke detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) is pickpocketed 

on a bus and his police pistol is stolen. A frantic search for the 

gun leads him to the Tokyo underworld. The gun has been passed to a 

gangster who uses it in the murder of a woman. Desperate to solve the 

crime, Murakami turns to senior detective Sato (Takashi Shimura) for 

help before the gun and killer strike again. Stray dog is a superb film noir 

with stand out performances from Mifune and Shimura that ranks as one 

of Kurosawa's best." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: The bad sleep well [videorecording] = Warui yatsu hodo yoku 

nemuru / produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and Akira Kurosawa ; 

screenplay by Hideo Oguni ... [et al.] ; directed by Akira 

Kurosawa.|The bad sleep well [videorecording] = 悪い奴ほどよく眠 

る / produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and Akira Kurosawa ; 

screenplay by Hideo Oguni ... [et al.] ; direct 

Series title: Directors suite 





wide screen (2.35 : 1) presentation; soundtrack in mono 2.0 Dolby Digital. 

Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English 

subtitles; Audio commentary soundtrack in English. 


Title: The hidden fortress [videorecording] / directed by Akira 

Kurosawa. 







ans 

Language: Feature in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 

Rating: FOLC rating: PG, including Low level violence. 

Summary: "This is the movie that inspired George Lucas's script for the 

1977 classic STAR WARS. Lured by the promise of gold, two peasants 

accompany a haughty girl and a gruff warrior through enemy territory - 

not knowing that the girl is in fact the Princess Yuki accompanied by her 

general Rokurota. Filled with beautiful cinematography, generous 

amounts of comedy and some of the finest action sequences ever filmed - 

THE HIDDEN FORTREES was the first of Kurosawa's films to be shot 

in 'widescreen' and is a must for all fans of great film-making" -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: The idiot [videorecording] = Hakuchi / directed by Kurosawa 

Akira ; screenplay by Hisaita Eijiro and Kurosawa Akira.|The idiot 

[videorecording] = 白痴 / directed by Kurosawa Akira ; screenplay 

by Hisaita Eijiro and Kurosawa Akira.| 





System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; original ration 

(4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack with 1.0 Doldby Digital. 


Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Adult themes. 

Summary: Based on Dostoyevsky's tale of love and murder, this story 

takes place in the snowy northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Kameda, 

a mentally fragile innocent incapable of dishonesty, meets Akama on his 

return home from an asylum. They become involved with the brash 

former concubine Taeko and the innocent Ayoko, leading to an intricate, 

complicated and ultimately tragic web of love, hate and human frailty. 


Title: The lower depth [videorecording] = Donzoko / produced by 

Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay by Hideo Oguni and Akira Kurosawa ; 

directed by Akira Kurosawa.|The lower depth [videorecording] = ど 

ん底 / produced by Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay by Hideo Oguni 

and Akira Kurosawa ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.| 






original ratio (4:3); feature soundtrack in Dolby mono 2.0. 

Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English 

subtitles; Audio commentary soundtrack by Freda Freiberg i 


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Summary: A revival of Gorky's classic proletarian drama about human 

flotsam living in a Moscow dosshouse. The film remains faithful to the 

text while transplanting the play into Tokyo of the Edo period, a setting 

which is deliberately ironic because it is a period that is usually 

romanticised by the Japanese. The film focuses on a slum tenement where 

prostitutes, actors, gamblers and thieves bewail their lot in life. Osugi, the 

landlady, fights with her sister, Okayo, over the man they both desire, the 

thief Sutekichi. 


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." -- 



Title: The quiet duel [videorecording] = Shizukanaru kettō / [written 

by Kazuo Kikuta, Akira Kurosawa and Senkichi Taniguchi ; 

directed by Akira Kurosawa].|The quiet duel [videorecording] = 靜か 

なる決鬪 / [written by Kazuo Kikuta, Akira Kurosawa and Senkichi 

Taniguchi ; directed by Akira Kurosawa].| 


Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, 2007, c1949. 







Summary: "During a life-saving operation, army surgeon Fujisaki 

(Toshiro Mifune) cuts himself with a surgical knife and contracts syphilis 

from his patient. Agonizing over the disease, which he knows will be 

fatal, he retreats from his friends and family, but continues to work in his 

father's private hospital. Unable to reveal the truth to his fiance, Fujisaki 

begins to treat her coldly and is soon left alone. When he discovers his 

own patient is the man who infected him, Fujisaki is forced to face the 

demons which plague him." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Yojimbo [videorecording] / directed by Akira Kurosawa. 



Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) :sd., b&w ;4 3/4 




and 



Summary: "Legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune returnes for his 9th 

collaboration with master director Akira Krosawa in Yojinbo, a film that 

has inspire countless filmmakers. The plot of this film was literally stolen 

by the great'Spaghetti Western' director Sergio Leone and remade as the 

classsic "A Fistful of Dollars" in 1964. Yojinbo is the story of a samurai 

who wanders into a town in turmoil. Pitting the town's two warring clans 

against each other, the mysrerious samurai plays a profitable, yet 

dangerous game. Yojinbo is laced with expert swordplay, black humore 

and wonderfully atomospheric score from 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. 

Call Number: 778.21 KUR 2 

Title: Sanshiro Sugata. 2 [videorecording] = Zoku Sugata Sanshirō / 

executive producer Ito Motohiko ; script [by] Kurosawa Akira ; 

original story [by] Tomita Tsuneo ; direction [by] Kurosawa 

Akira.|Sanshiro Sugata. 2 [videorecording] = 續姿三四郎 / executive 

producer Ito Motohiko ; script [by] Kurosawa Akira ; original story 

[by] Tomita Tsuneo 




System requirements:DVD-5 (Region 4, PAL); single layer; full frame 

pan and scan (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in dual mono Dolby 

Dig 


Call Number: 778.21 LEE 

Title: Hula girls [videorecording] / 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., 



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 NAK 

Title: Dark water [videorecording] / directed by Hideo Nakata. 





wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Bolby Digital 

and 


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 [videorecording] 


Physical description: 1 video disc (DVD, PAL, all regions) (91 min.) :sd., 




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 NAS 

Title: Devilman [videorecording] / directed by Hiroyuki Nasu ; 

[written by Machiko Nasu]. 




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System requirements:DVD-9 (Region, 4, PAL); dual layer; 16:9 

anamorphic wide screen (1.78:1) presentation; soundtrack in 5.1 and 2.0 

Dolby Digi 



Summary: "From the icy wastes of Antarctica, demons are accidentally 

released, spreading a disease that mutates humans. Geeky teen Akira and 

his cool classmate Ryo are transformed by the strange disease and give 

special demonic powers. When Ryo chooses the path of evil, former best 

friends are pitted against each other in a battle to save all mankind." -- 


Call Number: 778.21 OKA 

Title: Samurai assassin = Samurai [videorecording] / directed by 

Kihachi Okamoto.|Samurai assassin = 侍 [videorecording] / directed 

by Kihachi Okamoto.| 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (feature legth 

117 min.) :sd., b&w. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 


Rating: M 

Call Number: 778.21 OCH 

Title: Infection [videorecording] = Kansen / [directed by Masayuki 

Ochiai]. 






Dolby Digi 


Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate horror themes. 

Summary: "In an under-financed and under staffed emergency room, a 

burns victim is accidentally given a lethal injection. Dr Uozumi 

convinces his medical team to forge the official paperwork to save their 

careers. Soon, a patient arrives with mystery illness that kills by 

liquefying the internal organs. When the medical team investigate, they 

find an otherworldy infection: an infection that is hungry for human 

victims." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Kill! [videorecording] = Kiru / directed by Kihachi Okamoto ; 

executive producer Tomoyuki Tanaka.|Kill! [videorecording] = 斬る 

/ directed by Kihachi Okamoto| 

Series title: The Kihachi Okamoto collection 






Dolby Dig 


Rating: M 

Summary: "In feudal Japan, Genta is a successful samurai warrior whose 

world falls apart after he is ordered to kill his hest friend. Now rejecting 

the samurai ways, Genta devotes himself to a spiritual quest. Soon, Genta 

is drawn into a conflict at a local village and must decide if he will again 

take up the sword." -- From Container 


Title: Red lion [videorecording] = Akage / produced by Mifune 

Toshirō, Nishikawa Yoshio ; screenplay by Okamoto Kihachi, 

Hirosawa Sakae ; directed by Okamoto Kihachi.|Red lion 

[videorecording] = 赤毛 / produced by 三船敏郎 , 西川善男 ; 

screenplay by 岡本喜八 , 廣澤榮 ; directed by 岡本喜八 .| 







Rating: MA15+ 

Summary: "When a poor servant (Toshiro Mifune) borrows the Imperial 

Red Lion mane and impersonates an army officer in town, he expects a 

warm welcome, but he gets much more than he bargained for. Torn 

between his friends, incompetent town officials and a secret group of 

assasins, the bumbling servant is headed for big trouble." -- from 

container. 


Title: The sword of doom [videorecording] = Daibosatsu tōge / 

executive producers, Sanezumi Fujimoto, Masayuki Sato, Kaneharu 

Minamizato ; screenplay by Shinobu Hashimoto ; directed by 

Kihachi Okamoto.|The sword of doom [videorecording] = 大菩薩峠 / 

executive producers, Sanezumi Fujimoto, Masayuki Sato, Kaneharu 

Minamizato ; screenplay by Shi 






anamorphic wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; soundtrack in Dolby dual 

mono. 


Summary: "Master swordsman Ryunosuke is a psychotic madman who 

kills without honour or regret. Scheduled to fight a man, his wife offers 

herself if Ryunosuke will spare her husband's life. Accepting her offer, he 

also kills her husband without remorse. Now a hunted man, when will the 

reign of bloody terror cease" -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 OSH 

Title: Avalon [videorecording] / directed by Mamoru Oshii.|アヴァロ 

ン| 





wide screen (16:9) presentation; Polish soubitles in 5.1 Dolby Digital and 

2. 

Language: Feature soundtrack in Polish with optional English subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: M15+, including Medium level violence. 

Summary: "Avalon is an illegal and potentially lethal computer program 

of the future - a virtual reality battlefield simulation game where players 

compete for money and prestige. Ash hasa reached the exalted 'Warrior 

class' with aspirations to penetrate the secret "Class A" special level - a 

level where players run the risk of being 'reset' - gaming euphemism for 

their actual death in a virtual environment. Investigating a conspiracy - 

Ash decides to take on the shadowy Avalon programmers." -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 OZA 

Title: The street fighter's last revenge [videorecording] = Gyakushū! 

satsujin-ken / directed by Shigehiro Ozawa ; produced by Norimichi 

Matsudaira ; screenplay by Koji Takada, Masahiro Shimura.|The 

street fighter's lanst revenge [videorecording] = 逆襲 ! 殺人拳 / 

directed by Shigehiro Ozawa ; produced by Norimichi Matsudaira ; 

screenplay by Ko 

Series title: The Sonny Chiba collection ;[1] 




System requirements:DVD-5 (Region 4, PAL); single layer; 16:9 


Dolby Dig 


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Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate violence, Moderate sexual 

reference. 

Summary: The last in the renowned Streetfighter series sees tough guy 

Terry hired to recover tapes used in making cheap heroin. When he is 

double crossed, Terry takes off and finds a group of deadly assassins on 

his trail. 

Call Number: 778.21 OZU 

Title: An autumn afternoon [videorecording] = Sanma no aji / 

directed by Yasujiro Ozu ; screenplay by Kogo Noda, Yasujiro 

Ozu.|An autumn afternoon [videorecording] = 秋刀魚の味 / directed 

by Yasujiro Ozu ; screenplay by Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu.| 

Series title: Directors suite. Yasujiro Ozu 


Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (feature length 120 min.) :sd., 



original ration (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby 

Digital. 

Language: Disc 1 (the feature film): Feature soundtracks in Japanese with 

optional Japanese subtitles. Disc 2: Soundtrack 

Rating: OFCL rating: PG, including Mild themes. 

Summary: "Since the death of his wife, salaryman Shuhei Hirayama has 

depended on his unmarried daughter Michiko. After a chance encounter 

with an old friend, he decides he must find his daughter a husband, and 

enlists the help of his weternised son Koichi and his wife Akiko. As 

Hirayama assesses potential suitors, director Yasujiro Ozu focusses on 

the competing pressures of loss, hope and the relevance of traditional 

culture within a modernising society" -- From Container. 


Title: Early Summer [videorecording] = Bakushū / written by Kogo 

Noda, Yasujiro Ozu ; directed by Yasujiro Ozu.|Early Summer 

[videorecording] = 麥秋 / written by Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu ; 

directed by Yasujiro Ozu.| 



b&w for the feature ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 



Digital. 


subtitles. Multi-lingual soundtrack for "Talking with Ozu 

Rating: OFLC rating: G. 

Summary: The Mamiya family are seeking a husband for their daughter, 

Noriko. But Noriko is a modern woman and has ideas of her own. She is 

not particularly enthusiastic about marrying, even moking her married 

friends. But, when her brother proposes a potential suitor, she impulsively 

chooses a local widower. -- From Container. 

Japan collide, Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece deepens into a sublime 

meditation on family, ambition and morality." -- From Container. 

Call Number: 778.21 RAM 

Title: Rampo noir [videorecording] = Ranpo jigoku.|Rampo noir 

[videorecording] = 乱歩地獄 | 

Publisher: [Australia] : Siren Visual Entertainment, [2006], c2005. 



System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); aspecto ration (16:9); 

soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital. 


Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Strong horror, Violence, 

Themes and Sex scenes. 

Summary: Acclaimed director Takeuchi Suguru begins proceedings with 

Mars Canal, which sees a naked man (Asano Tadanobu) collapse at the 

edge of a lake that descends, seemingly into the bowels of hell itself. This 

segment is used to effectively tie together the three main narrative 

segments of the film. Mirror Hell, directed by Jissoji Akio, sees a 

detective (Asano again) following a trail of beautiful female corpses back 

to a mad mirror maker. The Caterpillar (by Sato Hisayasu) sees a limbless 

war veteran return home only to be systematically abused by his wife. 

And in Crawling Bugs, by manga artist Kaneko Atsushi, a chauffeur 

(Asano yet again) becomes obsessed with his actress employer. 

Call Number: 778.21 SAI 

Title: Blood and bones [videorecording] = Chi to hone / [executive 

producer Masaaki Wakasugi ; written by Yoichi Sai & Wi-Shing 

Chong ; directed by Yoichi Sai].|Blood and bone [videorecording] = 

血と骨 / [executive producer Masaaki Wakasugi ; written by Yoichi 

Sai & Wi-Shing Chong ; directed by Yoichi Sai].| 




System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; letterb9x 

widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 dts, 

Japanese sou 


Rating: OFLC rating: R18+, including Highlevel sex scenes. 

Summary: "Kitano stars as Shunpei Kim, a Korean immigrant in Japan 

whose life is a troubled tableau of cruelty, abuse, and snarling, sudden 

violence. Kim is a despicable creature, who physically and sexually 

assaults his estranged wife, abuses workers at his fish cake factory, and 

gambles away his earnings instead of using them to feed his family. 

When his ruthless ways result in success, Shunpei opens up a loansharking 

business, bringing even more potential victims into his 

destructive orbit. As the years pass, Shunpei's continuing heartlessness 

reveals the ugly and even unique human in his daily life in Osaka's 

Korean ghetto. Shunpei is a cunning survivor, but at what terrible cost" - 

- from Container. 


Title: Tokyo story [videorecording] = Tōkyō monogatari / directed by 

Yasujiro Ozu ; screenplay by Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu.|Tokyo story 

[videorecording] = 東京物語 / directed by Yasujiro Ozu ; screenplay 

Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu.| 

Series title: Directors suite. Yasujiro Ozu 



b&w. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 liner notes booklet (10 p.) Video Recordi 

System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame 


Digital. 


Feature soundtrack of the documentary on disc 2 

Rating: PG 

Summary: "When an elderly couple travel to a rapidly-rebuilding Tokyo 

to visit their children, they are met with unexpected indifference, 

ingratitude and selfishness. As the bastly different pre- and post-war 

Call Number: 778.21 SAM 1 

Title: Samurai. 1, Musashi Miyamoto = Miyamoto Musashi 

[videorecording] / directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.|Samurai ; 1, Musashi 

Miyamoto = 宮本武蔵 [videorecording] / directed by Hiroshi 

Inagaki.| 

Series title: The samurai trilogy ;1 

Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, [200-] 






Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Medium level violence. 

Summary: During a civil war, Musashi Miyamoto goes off in search of 

glory, only to suffer defeat on the wrong side. He returns as an outlaw, 

half-mad and uncontrollable, and is saved only by the intervention of a 

village girl who loves him and a Buddhist priest who tries to heal him. 

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Title: Samurai. 2, Duel at Ichijoji temple = Zoku Miyamoto Musashi : 

Ichijōji no kettō [videorecording] / directed by Hiroshi 

Inagaki.|Samurai ; 2, Ichijōji no kettō = Zoku Miyamoto Musashi : 

Ichijōji no kettō / directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.| 







Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Modarate violence. 

Summary: "Part Two in the Oscar winning Samurai Trilogy sees Musashi 

Miyamoto mature from a cynical wanderer into one of Japan's finest 

swordsmen. When Musashi challenges a fencing school to prove his 

prowess, he begins to learn that mastery of the sword is also mastery of 

the self." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Samurai. 3, Duel at Ganryu Island = Miyamoto Musashi 

kanketsuhen : kettō Ganryūjima [videorecording] / directed by 

Hiroshi Inagaki.|Samurai ; 3, duel at Ganryu Island = 宮本武蔵完結 

編 : 決闘巌流島 [video recording] / directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.| 








Summary: Final showdown for Musashi Miyamoto and his archrival 

Kojiro Sasaki. Samurai III brings this epic to a close with its famous 

sunset scene. 

Call Number: 778.21 SAT 

Title: Princess blade [videorecording] / directed by Shunsuke Sato. 








Summary: "The samurai tradition is given a jolt into the 21st century with 

this fast paced, cyberpunked adaptation of classic love and revenge 

themes. Set in a post apocalyptic Japan, Princess Blade is the story of 

Yuki, the most talented assassin in the Takemikazuchi clan. Yuki 

discovers a shocking secret. After finding that the clan's leader murdered 

her mother Yuki shallenges her master and finds herself exiled from the 

clan. On the run, she falls in love with a man who has a dark past. With 

Yuki's Assassin clan close at their heels, can they, and their love 

survive" -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 SAT 

Title: The bullet train [videorecording] = Shinkansen dai-bakuha / 

directed by Junya Sato.|The bullet train [videorecording] = 新幹線大 

爆破 / directed by Junya Sato.| 






anamorphic wide screen (2.35:1) presentation ; Japanese soundtrack in 

2.0 Dolby Dig 


Rating: M 

Summary: Terrorists plant a bomb on one of Japan's famous bullet trains. 

The bomb will explode if the train slows below 80 km/h. It's up to the 

train driver to save the passengers from certain death. 


Title: Death trance [videorecording] / executive producers, Kumi 

Kobata, John Sirabella ; screenplay [by] Junya Kato ; directed by 

Yuji Shimomura. 






Dolby Digi 

Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese and dubbed in English. 

Optional English subtitles. 

Summary: In an unknown place and time, a lone samurai known as Grave 

has stolen a coffin from a temple. Trapped inside is said to be the 

Goddess of Destruction. A young monk from the temple goes in pursuit 

of the stolen coffin before anyone can open it and unleash an unstoppable 

cataclysm. 


Title: Dororo [videorecording] / producer, Takashi Hirano ; 

screenplay by Naka Masa Mura, Akihiko Shiota ; director, Akihiko 

Shiota.|どろろ [videorecording] / producer, Takashi Hirano ; 

screenplay by Naka Masa Mura, Akihiko Shiota ; director, Akihiko 

Shiota.| 






Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Strong violence and Fantasy 

themes. 

Summary: "A powerful samurai, Daigo Kagemitsu, makes a deal with 48 

demons who offer him the power to win all future battles and become the 

lord protector of Japan. In return Daigo Kagemitsu must allow the 

demons to take away 48 body parts of his future unborn son. Daigo 

Kagemitsu accepts the demon's offer. The boy eventually is born but 

without 48 body parts and left abandoned. With luck he is found by a 

magician who creates prosthetic body parts for him and raises him. Years 

pass and the boy, now called "Hyakkimaru", embarks on an epic journey 

to kill all 48 demons to regain the body parts that are rightfully his." -- 



Title: Genbaku no ko [videorecording] / kantoku, kyakuhon Shindō 

Kaneto.| 原爆の子 [videorecording] / 監督・脚本新藤兼人 .| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Asumikku, 2003, c1952.|[ 東京 ] : アスミック, 2003, 

c1952.| 



System requirements:DVD (Region 2, NTSC); single layer; full frame 

(1.33:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in monaural Dolby Digital. 

Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional Japanese closedcaptions, 


Summary: One of the first films to be produced after the war, kaneto 

Shindo's powerful film shows the horrific devastation of the atomic bomb 

on the people of Hiroshima. A young teacher returns to Hiroshima after a 

four-year absence and is shocked to come face-to-face with the children 

she once taught. Based on the real life stories of children who were 

atomic bomb victims. 


Title: Shinobi [videorecording] : heart under blade 


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Dolby Digi 



Summary: "After years of war, Japan is united by the Shogun. Bound by a 

code of peace, the trives of the Iga and Koga ninja maintain an easy truce. 

Beautiful Oboro is the leader of the Iga, heroic Gennosuke the Koga 

leader. The tow fall in love, not knowing who the other is. The Shogun 

hatches a plan to destroy both clans and five of the best warriours from 

each clan are chosen for a final showdown." -- from Container. 


Title: The grudge ju-on [videorecording] 





wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital, 

2. 


Rating: OFLC rating: M 15+, including Medium level violence. 

Summary: "Volunteer home-care worker Rika calls on the house of an old 

lady in what seems a routine job. Investigating a strange noise from an 

upstairs cupboard, Rika faints when a small ghostile boy emerges. Slowly 

a chilling series of events unfold. An evil force in the house keft behind 

by the dead is attaching itself to the living. Vengeance from beyond the 

grave could be the grudge that no one can stop! With the contribution 

from RING scriptwriter Takahashi Hiroshi, The GRRUDGE is the latest 

in Japanese terror." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 SOR 

Title: Ping pong [videorecording] / directed by Fumihiko Sori. 

Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Aztec International Entertainment, 

c2002, 2005 

Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (114+100 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 






Summary: "Ever since the day Peco Hoshino (Yūsuke Kubozuka) rescued 

Smile (arata) from a gang of bullies and introduced him to the game of 

table tennis, the pair have been insparable friends with interwined fates. 

Now Peco is cocky teenager who wants no less than to be the best payer 

in the world, but lacks the self-discipiline to carry his plan through - 

while the withdrawn, slightly arrogant Smile probably has more natural 

talent than anyone, but plays 'to kill time' rather than to win, and his 

reluctance to see other players (especially Peco) humiliated makes him 

hold back in his own game, much to the annoyance of Ota, his coach 

(Naoto Takenaka). After Peco is sorely beaten (or 'skunked') in a 

tournament and quits the game, Smile continues his rise to the top, 

preparing the way for the return of his hero, who he is destined in one last 

match." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 SUZ 

Title: A tattooed life [videorecording] = Irezumi ichidai / produced by 

Masayuki Takagi ; screenplay [by] Kinya Naoi, Kei Hattori ; 

directed by Suzuki Seijun.|A tattooed life [videorecording] = 刺青一 

代 / produced by Masayuki Takagi ; screenplay [by] Kinya Naoi, Kei 

Hattori ; directed by Suzuki Seijun.| 





anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 

dual mono Dol 



Summary: "Hired killer Tetsu wants to retire from life as a hitman but the 

partners of his last kill have other ideas. Tetsu's brother Kenji tries to help 

but when a Yakuza is killed, both brothers flee to China and hide as 

workers on a construction site. The Yakuza will not rest until the brothers 

are found and bloody vengeance follows." -- from Container. 


Title: Branded to kill [videorecording] = Koroshi no rakuin / 

produced by Kaneko Iwai ; scenario by Hachiro Guryu ; directed by 

Seijun Suzuki.|Branded to kill [videorecording] = 殺しの烙印 / 

produced by Kaneko Iwai ; scenario by Hachiro Guryu ; directed by 

Seijun Suzuki.| 





anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 

dual mono Dol 


Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate violence, Moderate sex 

scene and nudity. 

Summary: "Hanada is the 'Number 3' killer in the Japanese underworld. 

Hired by a mysterious woman, the scheduled hit goes very wrong and 

Hanada is launched into a deadly cat and mouse game with the sexually 

perverse rice sniffing 'Number 1' killer." -- from Container. 


Title: The killing machine [videorecording] / screenplay by Isao 

Matsumoto ; directed by Noribumi Suzuki = Shōrinji kenpō / 

kyakuhon [by] Matsumoto Isao ; kantoku [by] Suzuki Noribumi.|The 

killing machine [videorecording] / screenplay by Isao Matsumoto ; 

directed by Noribumi Suzuki = 少林寺拳法 / 脚本 [by] 松本功 ; 監督 

[by] 鈴木則文 .| 

Series title: The Sonny Chiba collection ;v. 2 






Dolby Di 


Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Infrequent strong violence, 

Drug references, Se 

Summary: "Based upon the life of Japanese kenpo karate master Doshin 

So (1911-1980) ... Set near the end of WWII, Doshin returns home to 

Osaka after working as a spy for the Japanese Government. When 

gangsters oppress the local population, Doshin gets caught in the fight for 

freedom". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Tokyo drifter [videorecording] = Tōkyō nagaremono / story 

and scenario by Yasunori Kawauchi ; directed by Seijun 

Suzuki.|Tokyo drifter [videorecording] = 東京流れ者 / story and 

scenario by Yasunori Kawauchi ; directed by Seijun Suzuki.| 






dual mono Do 


Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate themes and violence. 

Summary: "Former killer Tetsu has a plan to go straight and leave his 

violent life behind. When his past won't leave him alone, Tetsu answers 

the only way he knows how - in decisive and deadly fashion." -- from 

Container. 

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Title: Youth of the beast [videorecording] = Yajū no seishun / 

produced by Keinosuke Kubo ; based on a novel by Haruhiko 

Oyabu ; screenplay by Ichiro Ikeda, Tadaaki Yamazaki ; directed by 

Seijun Suzuki.|Youth of the beast [videorecording] = 野獸の青春 / 

produced by Keinosuke Kubo ; based on a novel by Haruhiko 

Oyabu ; screenplay by Ichiro Iked 



col., b&w. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 



dual mono Do 


Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate violence, Moderate drug 

reference. 

Summary: "A mysterious stranger arrives in town, muscling in on two 

rival yakuza gangs. These results spark off a powderkeg that leads to an 

explosive war between the clans." -- from Container. 

Call Number: 778.21 TAK 

Title: Tōkyō biyori [videorecording] / Takenaka Naoto kantoku ; 

Iwamatsu Ryō kyakuhon.| 東京日和 [videorecording] / 竹中直人監 

督 ; 岩松了脚本 .| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō] : [Fuji Terebijon] : [King Rekōdo hanbai], c1997.|[ 東 

京 ] : [フジテレビジョン] ; [キングレコード販売 ], c1997.| 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (feature length 121 min. + supplement 

14 min.) (DVD, NTSC, region 1 & 2) :digital, sd., col. ;4 3/4 


Language: Optional subtitles in Japanese and English. 

Summary: This is a biographical film about the late Yōko Araki, wife of 

Japan's leading and highly controversial photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki. 

He is an eccentric photographer and is devoted to his pretty wife Yōko, 

but doesn't entirely understand her. Based on Nobuyoshi's diary extracts, 

their story is mostly told in retrospect after Yōko's death, and includes a 

variety of friends and incidental characters. Directed by and starring 

Naoto Takenaka. 


Title: Wild zero [videorecording] / [directed by Tetsuro Takeuchi ; 

written by Tetsuro Takeuchi, Satoshi Takagi]. 

Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007], c2000 

[i.e. c1999]. 





Dolby Digi 



Summary: Ace, a rockabilly fan who really wants to be cool, is on his 

way to see his favorite group, Guitar Wolf, when a strange thing occurs. 

Aliens invade the earth and people start returning to life as flesh eating 

zombies. 

Call Number: 778.21 TAN 

Title: Samurai pirate [videorecording] = Dai tōzoku / executive 

producers Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ken'ichiro Tsunoda ; screenplay by 

Takeshi Kimura, Shin'ichi Sekizawa ; special effects director Eiji 

Tsuburaya ; directed by Senkichi Taniguchi.|Samurai pirate 

[videorecording] = 大盗賊 / executive producers Tomoyuki Tanaka, 

Ken'ichiro Tsunoda ; scree 






dual mono Do 


Summary: "When the King becomes ill, an evil lord hatches a plot to kill 

the King and steal his daughter away for a forced marriage. An 

adventurous pirate and a mysterious wizard set out to rescue the kingdom 

but in their way are a powerful witch, a band of ruthless pirates and te 

Imperial army." -- from Container. 

Call Number: 778.21 TEZ 

Title: Samurai commando mission 1549 [videorecording] = Sengoku 

Jieitai 1549 / [written by Takeuchi Kiyoto & Matsuura Yasushi ; 

directed by Tezuka Masaaki].|Samurai commando mission 1549 

[videorecording] = 戦国自衛隊 1549 / [written by Takeuchi Kiyoto & 

Matsuura Yasushi ; directed by Tezuka Masaaki].| 

Edition: International version. 

Publisher: [Australia] : Force Entertainment, c2005. 



System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); single layer; aspect ration 

1.85:1; enhanced for 16 x 9 television; Soundtracks in 5.1 Dolby Digital. 


optional English subtitles. Language selection menu is 

Rating: OFLC rating: M. including Moderate violence. 

Summary: Remake of 1970s film, directed by Tezuka Masaaki (Godzilla). 

A rift is accidentally caused in the space-time continuum during a test 

involving a magnetic shield, sending a group of SDF soldiers back to the 

year 1549. Years later, a military unit is sent back to retrieve their 

missing comrades and save the world from annihilation. They soon 

discover that the previous unit's Colonel has tried to change the course of 

history by transforming Japan into the dominant world superpower. 

Call Number: 778.21 TOG 

Title: Tetsujin 28 [videorecording] = Tetsujin 28-gō / directed by Shin 

Togashi.|Tetsujin 28 [videorecording] = 鉄人 28 号 / directed by Shin 

Togashi.| 


[2006, c2005]. 


chiefly col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; letterbox wide 

screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital 


subtitles. 


Summary: "A throwback to a time when families stuck together, and 

giant fighting robots didn't need any super-weapons, just their own two 

fists and a heart of gold, Tetsujin-28 is a breath of fresh air: a movie 

intended for kids that still manages to awe adults with its optimism and 

good-looking scenes of two giant robots sugging it out in the heart of 

downtown Tokyo." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 YAK 1 

Title: Yakuza deka. 1, Secret police [videorecording] / screenplay by 

Fumio Kounami & Yukio Noda ; directed by Yukio Noda = Yakuza 

deka / kyakuhon [by] Kōnami Fumio [&] Noda Yukio ; kantoku [by] 

Noda Yukio.|Yakuza deka. 1, Secret police [videorecording] / 

screenplay by Fumio Kounami & Yukio Noda ; directed by Yukio 

Noda = やくざ刑事 / 脚本 [by] 

Series title: The Sonny Chiba collection ;v. 2 






Dolby Dig 


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Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+. Including Infrequent strong violence, 


Summary: "Chiba plays undercover cop Hayata, who infiltrates two rival 

yakuza gangs with the intention of busting their illegal drug operations. 

Hi pits one against the other, slowly gaining the confidence of both gang 

bosses. But the operation takes a turn for the worse when Hayata's cover 

is blown and he's forced to battle both gangs at the same time with violent 

and bloddy results". -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 YAK 2 

Title: Yakuza deka. 2, The assassin [videorecording] / screenplay by 

Fumio Kounami & Yukio Noda ; directed by Yukio Noda = Yakuza 

deka : marifana mitsubai soshiki / kyakuhon [by] Kōnami Fumio [&] 

Noda Yukio ; kantoku [by] Noda Yukio.|Yakuza deka. 2, The 

assassin [videorecording] / screenplay by Fumio Kounami & Yukio 

Noda ; directed by Yuk 

Series title: The Sonny Chiba collection ;2 






Dolby Dig 


Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+. Including Infrequent strong violence, 


Summary: "Hayata is an undercover cop tracking a large marijuana drug 

dealing syndicate. When Hayata is invited to a dealer's house for cards, 

the game goes terribly wrong and suddenly he finds himself forced to go 

deep undercover in an effort to catch the wily criminal". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.21 YAM 

Title: Love and honor [videorecording] = Bushi no ichibun / [directed 

and written by Yoji Yamada ; co-written [by] Emiko Hiramatsu 

Ichiro Yamamoto].|Love and honor [videorecording] = 武士の一分 / 

[directed and written by Yoji Yamada ; co-written [by] Emiko 

Hiramatsu Ichiro Yamamoto].| 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video 




Dolby digi 


Summary: Shinnoko Mimura, a low-ranking samurai, is the official court 

food taster. His life takes a tragic turn when he is poisoned and loses his 

eyesight. His wife, kayo, becomes the lover of Shimada, a higher ranking 

official, in order to save Shinnoko's court position. Shinnoko discovers 

that Shimada does not plan to help him. In order to gain back his honour 

and the love of his life, he challenges Shimana to a duel. 


Title: Returner [videorecording] / [directed by Takashi Yamazaki]. 

Publisher: [Australia] : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Australia, 

c2003. 



System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; (1.85:1) aspect 

ratio, letterbox presentation on a standard TV to preserve the ratio; Soun 

Language: Feature soundtrack options in Japanese, English, Italian and 

Spanish. Subtitle options in English, Italian, Spa 

Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Medium level violence. 

Summary: The year 2084, when humanity is decimated by a ruthless alien 

force, all hope lies in Millie, as she goes back in time to stop the invasion. 

Ending up in present-day 2002, she takes on a mysterious mercenary who 

has a thirst for blood. Through some coercing, Miyamoto unwillingly 

joins the mission, as they infiltrate the government base that holds a 

captured alien and its crashed spacecraft. With Mizoguchi and the Triads 

moving in, seeking some of the alien advanced weaponry, Miyamoto may 

finally get the vengeance he seeks as Millie gets closer and closer to 

saving the entire human race. 

Call Number: 778.21 ZAT 

Title: Zatoichi meets yojimbo [videorecording] / directed by Kihachi 

Okamoto. 

Series title: Zatoichi collection 


(English subtitled version) 




anomorphic wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 1.0 

Dolbt Digi 



Summary: "A legendary figure in Japan Zatoichi-the blind masseur with 

healing and a swift sword. With a price on his head, Ichi seeks refuge in a 

favourite village. Ichi finds that the corrupt Boss Masagoro, suspected of 

stealing goold from the Shogunate, has taken control of the village and 

hired a hard drinking Yojinbo as his enforcer. Not all is as it seems for 

the Shogunate attempting to find the missing gold. Soon Ichi uncovers an 

interesting secret and the stage is set for the final confrontation." -- 


Call Number: 778.2237 RAT 

Title: Last life in the universe [videorecording] / screenplay, Prabda 

Yoon, Pen-ek Ratanaruang ; director, Pen-ek Ratanaruang. 

Publisher: [Albert Park, Vic.] : Accent Film Entertainment, c2008. 



System requirements:DVD (All regions, PAL); (1.85:1) aspecto ratio 

presented on 16:9 screen; soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital. 

Language: Soundtrack in Japanese and Thai with English subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate violence, Themes, Sexual 

references and Co 

Summary: "Refugee elements of Japanese yakuza films, an unpredictable 

succession of lush and intoxicating images, and a host of eccentric 

narrative tics from the cutting edge of Thai cinema converge to tell the 

story of the mysterious Kenji, a lonely, obsessive-compulsive Japanese 

librarian's assistant and occasional suicide hobbyist quietly living - and 

hoping to die - in Bangkok" -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.235 OSH 

Title: Empire of the passions [videorecording] = Ai no borei / 

produced by Anatole Dauman ; written and directed by Nagisa 

Oshima. 

Publisher: [Northcote, Vic.] : Umbrella Entertainment, 2008, c1978. 



System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; aspect ratio 

(1.77:1) on 16:9 widescreen; soundtrack in Dolby Digital mono. 


Narration on DVD extra in English. 

Rating: OFLC rating: R18+, including Moderate themes and Sexual 

references. 

Summary: Tale of sensually-depraved and tormented lovers, set in Japan 

in 1895. Driven by his desire for the beautiful Seki, Toyoji forces his way 

into her affections, eventually persuading her to conspire with him to 

murder her husband, Gisaburo. 

Call Number: 778.253 HOU 

Title: Shogun assassin [videorecording] / screenplay by Kazuo Koike, 

Robert Houston, David Weisman ; executive producer of American 

version Peter Shanaberg ; American version directed by Robert 

Houston. 

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System requirements:OFLC rating: R18+. 

Language: Soundtrack dubbed in English. 

Summary: "Once members of the Royal Court, Itto Ogami and son are 

betrayed, cast out to wander the earth as swords for hire. Now known as 

Lone Wolf and Cub, their revenge is swift and deadly. Kazuo Koike's six 

Lone Wolf and Cub films have become legendary amongst fans and have 

inspired countless film makers. The first two films cut together and 

dubbed into English became Shogun assassin and the result is an almost 

relentless festival of samurai savagery." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.271 LUC 

Title: Bondi tsunami [videorecording] / directed by Rachael Lucas. 





Language: Dialogue in English and Japanese with optional English 

subtitles. 

Rating: M 


Title: Ballad of youth in Uzumasa : dreams of becoming an action 

movie star = Kyoto Uzumasa seishunfu (Shin Nihon tanbo) 






Summary: "Actor Shinichi Chiba has established an acting school in 

Kyoto with a difference. This school is dedicated to "action drama". It 

takes only 20 students and holds auditions every May for new members. 

Thoes who make the grade come every day and support themselves 

through a variety of part-time jobs. Set in the fresh, green month of May, 

the programe presents an interesting look at young people preparing for a 

future quite unlike thay of most theri pees". -- FROM CONTAINER. 



Call Number: 778.77 AIR 1 

Title: Air gear. 1, East side showdown [videorecording] / director, 

Hajime Kamegaki ; animation production, Toei Animation, 

Marvelous Entertainment. 





original ratio; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital, Japanese 

soundtrack 

Language: Feature soundtracks in English and Japanese, with optional 


Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate coarse language, Nudity 

and Sexual referen 

Summary: "Welcome to the world of Storm Riders, where motorpowered 

inline skates called "Air Treks" take extreme sports to a whole 

new level. Those who dare to ride with these high tech devices risk life 

and limb in a struggle for fame, power and wings to take to 

Call Number: 778.77 AJI 1 

Title: Ajisai no uta. 1, Usu asagi [videorecording] / kikaku, seisaku 

sōshiki Takahashi Ganari ; gensaku Mori Kurimaru.|あじさいの唄 . 

1, うすあさぎ [videorecording] / 企画・製作総指揮高橋がなり.| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō : Nippon Kuraun [distributor], 2004].|[ 東京 : 日本ク 

ラウン [distributor], 2004].| 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) (DVD, NTSC, all 

regions) :digital, sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD (All regions, NTSC); single layer; full frame 

original ration (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Dig 

Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese. 


Title: Ajisai no uta. 2, Byakuroku [videorecording] / kikaku, seisaku 

sōshiki Takahashi Ganari ; gensaku Mori Kurimaru.|あじさいの唄 . 

2, びゃくろく [videorecording] / 企画・製作総指揮高橋がなり ; 原 

作森栗丸 .| 




regions) :digital, sd., col. ;4 3/4 in . Video Recording 




Title: Ajisai no uta. 3, Karakurenai [videorecording] / kikaku, 

seisaku sōshiki Takahashi Ganari ; gensaku Mori Kurimaru.|あじさ 

いのうた. 3. からくれない [videorecording] / 企画・製作総指揮高 

橋がなり ; 原作森栗丸 .| 




regions) :digital, sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 



Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese. 

Call Number: 778.77 BEC 1 

Title: Beck, Mongolian Chop Squad. 1 [videorecording] / script, 

director, Osamu Kobayashi. 




System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); full frame original ratio 

(4:3) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital, 

Japanes 

Language: Feature soundtrack in English or Japanese with optional 


Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate coarse language. 

Summary: Koyuki Tanaka's life was in a rut but then he met Ryusuke, a 

musician and they form a band, BECK and after trials and tribulations, 

fame finds them and they land a gig in Seattle. 

Call Number: 778.77 CAR 1 

Title: Cardcaptors. 1 [videorecording] / [directed by Morio Asaka]. 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL) (70 min.) Video 



Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Supernatural themes. 

Summary: "One fateful Day; What's a kid to do Sakura, an everyday 

fifth grade, discovers the mysterious Clow Book and accidentary sets all 

of the poweful Clow Cards free. She now must recapture all the cards 

with the help of Keroberos, who awakens to give Sakura the Key of Clow. 

Sakura may have just found her destiny butshe still needs some 

convicing!" -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.77 COW 1 

Title: Cowboy bebop [videorecording] = Kaubōi bibappu. 1 / directed 

by Shinichiro Watanabe ; a production of Sunrise, Bandai 

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Visual.|Cowboy bebop [videorecording] = カウボーイ・ビバップ. 1 / 

directed by Shinichiro Watanabe ; a production of Sunrise, Bandai 

Visual.| 




System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full flame 

original ration (4:3) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby 

Digital; 

Language: Feature soundtracks in Englsih or Japanese with optional 


Rating: OFLC rating: M15+, including Low level violence, Drug use. 

Summary: In the year 2071 AD, humanity chose the stars as the final 

frontier. A mixed jumble of races from collapsed nations, they took with 

them confused concepts of freedom, violence, illegality and love. They 

became a new generation of outlaws called Cowboy Bebops. 

Publisher: [Australia] : Tokyo Night Train, 2006, c2004. 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length ca. 80 min.) :sd., 


System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); (4:3) full flame 

presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital, Japanese 

soundtrack in 2.0 Dol 



Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate animated violence. 

Summary: "Yuu Park, a deadly martial arts expert, returns to Nereids. She 

has been serving time for causing injuries to more than 20 bystanders 

while trying to capture a petty thief. She is the close range combat 

specialist of the team and rumoured to be as dangerous barehanded as 

Gloria is with her machineguns. Until her private investigator license is 

reissued, she is put under house arrest, and Maia is ordered to watch over 

her... But can maia keep Yuu under control by herself!" -- from 

Container. 

Call Number: 778.77 COY 1 

Title: Coyote ragtime show. 1, Foxtrot [videorecording] = Koyōte 

ragutaimu shō / script by Ryunosuke Kingetsu ; produced by 

Ufotable ; director, Takuya Nonaka.|Coyote ragtime show. 1, Foxtrot 

[videorecording] = コヨーテラグタイムショー / script by 

Ryunosuke Kingetsu ; produced by Ufotable ; director, Takuya 

Nonaka.| 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature lengthe 100 min.) :sd., 



wide screen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital, 

Jap 


optional English subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Strong animated violence. 

Summary: Follows the adventures of space pirate Mister and his quest to 

find treasure on the planet Graceland before the Milky Way Federation 

has it blown up. 

Call Number: 778.77 DAP 1 

Title: Daphne in the brilliant blue. Vol. 1, Initiation [videorecording] 

= Hikari to mizu no dafune / produced by Daphne in the Brilliant 

Blue Committee ; directed by Takeshi Ikehata.|Daphne in the 

brilliant blue. Vol. 1, Initiation [videorecording] = 光と水のダフネ / 

produced by Daphne in the Brilliant Bule Committee ; director 

Takeshi Ikehata. 










Summary: "Maia is having a very, very bad day. Her life-long dreams to 

join the elite Ocean Agency are demolished when, despite everyone's 

high expectations, she fails the entrance exams. Then she gets evicted! 

Penniless, homeless, and unemployed Maia finds herself in the middle of 

a shoot-out between fugitive convicts and the Nereids - sexy agents who 

only take the most high-paying and dangerous jobs. Desperate, Maia 

takes the only job she can find: playing bait in the Nereid's next 

oeration!" -- from Container. 


Title: Daphne in the brilliant blue. Vol. 2, Reunion [videorecording] = 

Hikari to mizu no dafune / produced by Daphne in the Brilliant Blue 

Committee ; director Takeshi Ikehata.|Daphne in the brilliant blue. 

Vol. 2, Reunion [videorecording] = 光と水のダフネ / produced by 

Daphne in the Brilliant Blue Committee ; director Takeshi Ikeda.| 


Title: Daphne in the brilliant blue. Vol. 3, Getaway [videorecording] 

= Hikari to mizu no dafune / produced by Daphne in the Brilliant 

Blue Committee ; director Takeshi Ikehata.|Daphne in the brilliant 

blue. Vol. 3, Getaway [videorecording] = 光と水のダフネ / produced 

by Daphne in the Brilliant Blue Committee ; director Takeshi 

Ikehata.| 




System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); (4:3) full frame 



Language: Soundtracks in English or Japaense with English subtitles. 


Summary: "Nereides' sexy female agents will take on any job for the right 

price, no matter how dangerous or demanding. Maia doesn't have any 

living relatives ever since her grandfather passed away a couple of years 

ago. Her parents died during a car accident when she was ten years old. 

Maia suffers from severe amnesia, and has never quite recovered from it. 

She wants her memories back, but there seems to be someone who is 

trying to prevent her from recovering them..." -- from Container. 


Title: Daphne in the brilliant blue. Vol. 4, Revenge [videorecording] = 

Hikari to mizu no dafune / produced by Daphne in the Brilliant Blue 

Committee ; director Takashi Ikehata.|Daphne in the brilliant blue. 

Vol. 4, Revenge [videorecording] = 光と水のダフネ / produced by 

Daphne in the Brilliant Blue Committee ; director Takashi Ikehata.| 







Language: Feature sound tracks in English or Japanese with optional 



Summary: "Nereides' sexy female agents will take on any job for the right 

price, no matter how dangerous or demanding. But they first have to fight 

off the infamouns crime family, the Wong Chang Lee brothers, out for 

revenge against Nereides for getting them arrested. Then, a mission to 

find a runaway boy with a broken heart takes Maia to Siberia City again, 

where she gets caught up in a conspiracy invoving the world's richest 

man, higt-tech terrorists, and other branches of the Nereides 

organisation." -- from Container. 

Call Number: 778.77 DEA 1 

Title: Death note. 1 [videorecording] = Desu nōto / series director, 

Tetsuro Araki.|Death note. 1 [videorecording] = デスノート / series 

director, Tetsuro Araki.| 

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Summary: Meet Light Yagami, a brilliant but bored high school student 

whose life is changed when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped 

by a rogue Shinigami, or god of death, named Ryuk. When Light 

discovers that any human whose name is written in the book dies, he 

vows to use its power to rid the world of evil. But every action has its 

consequences, and Light soon finds himself in a life or death battle of 

wits with the mysterious genius detective called L. Humanity itself 

becomes the battleground to determine what form of justice will prevail! 

Call Number: 778.77 DEZ 

Title: Black Jack [videorecording] / directed by Osamu Dezaki. 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, regions 2 & 4) (90 



original ratio (4:2) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital 

& 



Rating: OFLC rating: M15+, including Low level violence, Adult themes. 

Summary: "Black Jack is an underground master surgeon who possesses 

impeccable skills enabling him to perform operations impossible for most. 

He is a man alone and full of mystery, appearing in operation rooms to 

fulfil his tasks, while charging millions for his secret operations. He is 

now faced with his most difficult task to date and must challenge the 

limits of medical science..... before it's too late! An extraordinary number 

of intellectual and athletic 'Superhumans' have the world caught in awe, 

wonder and excitement. These 'Superhumans' far exceedthe framework of 

common sense and possess the ability to outperform all of their rivals.... 

but how did they get this way Black Jack discovers the truth behind this 

unusual occurrenc.... a hideous conspiracy lurking behind this strange 

genetic phenomenon... and a dark secret that is about to the existence of 

all mankind." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.77 DRA 1 

Title: Dragon ball. 1, the saga of Goku [videorecording] / produced 

by Toei Animation. 


Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD, PAL) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video 


System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); stereo/mono. 



Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Low lwvel violence. 

Summary: "Deep within the heart of a raging fire at the Earth's core 

dwells the Eternal Dragon, a magical beast of limitless power. Scattered 

over the face of the Earth, are seven magic Dragon Balls. When these 

Doragon Balls are united, the Eternal Dragon will app 

Call Number: 778.77 ERG 1 

Title: Ergo proxy. 01, Awakening [videorecording] = Erugo 

purakushī / original story by Manglobe ; director, Shukou Murase ; 

produced by Geneon Entertainment, Geneon Entertainment (USA) 

Inc., Wowow, Manglobe.|Ergo proxy. 01, Awakening 

[videorecording] = エルゴプラクシー / original story by Manglobe ; 

director, Shukou Murase ; produced by Geneon E 




System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL), dual layer, anamorphic 


Jap 



Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Strong animated violence. 

Summary: The cocoon-like city of Romdo was meant to be a sealed-off 

utopian city where humans and androids (‘autoreivs’) would co-exist in 

peace under total government control… of course, these things rarely 

work out, so in execution, Romdo is a dark, depressing sort of place. 

While investigating a strange series of murders, Intelligence Bureau 

detective Re-l Mayer gets an enigmatic (and creepy) warning that 

something is “awakening”… and then she's visited by a bizarre-looking 

android beast, who defends her from another, equally bizarre-looking 

android beast. Something stinks in the city of Romdo! 

Call Number: 778.77 EUR 1 

Title: Eureka seven. Volume 1 [videorecording] : psalms of planets = 

Kōkyōshi-hen eureka sebun / director, Tomoki Kyoda ; production, 

Mainichi Broadcasting System, Project Eureka, Bones.|Eureka seven. 

Volume 1. [videorecording] : psalms of planets = 交響詩篇エウレカ 

セブン / director, Tomoki Kyoda ; production, Mainichi 

Broadcasting System, Project E 

Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006], c2005- 

2006. 




original ration (4:3) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital, 



Rating: OFLC rating: PG., including Mild animated violence, Mild 

sexual references. 

Summary: "For Renton, every day's the same. Nothing happens, nothing 

changes. He goes to school, he goes home. The only thing that keeps him 

happy is lifting on his ref board. Nothing exciting ever happens to him. 

Until one day, a giant mecha called an LFO comes crashing down on him 

literally. And inside is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen! The thing 

is though, that the girl is on the run from the military with her stolen 

mecha, she's brought trouble with her. Renton will have to summon up all 

his courage to face his childhood hero; get the girl he's hopelessly smitten 

with to like him; and-oh yeah-live up to the legacy of his father who 

saved the world. But hey, at least it's not boring anymore." -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.77 FLC 1 

Title: FLCL. 1 [videorecording] / original concept, director, Kazuya 

Tsurumaki ; planning, original story, Gainax ; animation production, 

Production I.G, Gainax. 

Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2003] 


col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (11, 13 p. : ill. : 18 cm.) Video R 


original ratio (4:3) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital, 


English subtitles; Audio commentary soundtrack by dire 

Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Adult themes, Low level violence. 

Summary: "Naota has enough to deal with at home. His older brother 

went to the US to play baseball. And his father and grandfather never 

behave like normal adults. Not to mention his brother's girlfriend is now 

making adbances on him. Plus there's a so-called alien girl hitting on him. 

Literally, with a bass guitar. Oh, did we mention the robots that keep 

springin from his head Hanging out by the river and playing with cats, 

no one would suspect that Mamimi is a girl with a dark past. She's been 

obssessed with the videogame"Fire starter". Coincidentally, there's been a 

string or fires around town. Fires like the one that burned down the school 

6 years ago, where Naota first met Mamimi. And if that's not enough, 

there's something growing inside Naota's head." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.77 FUL 1 

Title: Fullmetal alchemist. 1, the curse [videorecording] / directed by 

Seiji Mizushima. 

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in.+ Booklet. Video Recording 



J 

Language: Feature soundtraks in English or Japanese with optional 


Rating: OFLC rating: M15+, including Low level violence. 

Summary: "Edward Elric changed the night he trapped his younger 

brother's spirit in the unfeeling steel of an ancient suit of armor. That 

night, Edward exploited 

Call Number: 778.77 GET N1 

Title: New getter robo. 1 [videorecording] = Shin gettā robo / original 

story [by] Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa ; structure & script Shinsuke 

Onishi ; director Jun Kawagoe.|New getter robo. 1 [videorecording] 

= 新ゲッターロボ / original story [by] Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa ; 

structure & script Shinsuke Onishi ; director Jun Kawagoe.| 




System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); anamorphic wide screen 

(16:9) presentation; Eglish soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital, Japanese 

soundtrac 



Rating: OFLC rating: M. Including Moderate animated violence. 

Summary: "Huge monsters stalk the Earth! Humanity is under attack by 

demonic creatures called Oni. Unable to fight back by any other means, 

the scientist Dr. Saotome creates a series of giant robots that harness the 

mysterious power of Getter rays, giving them the strength necessary to 

fight the oni. The strongest of these is Getter Robo, and Saotome must 

enlist ehree very different men to pilot it to end the oni menace forever." - 

- from Container. 



story [by] Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa ; structure & script [by] Shinsuke 



structure & script [by] Shinsuke Onishi ; director Jun Kawagoe.| 





(16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital, Japanese 

soundtra 



Rating: OFLC rating: M. Including Moderate animated violence. 

Summary: "The Getter Robo chases the enemy into a mysterious dark 

cloud in the sky. As the Getter Robo breaks through the whirlwind, 

Ryoma finds himself alone in an alternative Heian-era Japan where 

modern technology has been a;;lied to ancient weapons. Then Ryoma 

meets the mighty Shogun Raiko Minamoto and they face off against a 

powerful enemy, Seimei Abe, the ying-yang master who uses a 

mysterious and powerful sorcery!" -- from Container. 



story [by] Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa ; structure & script [by] Shinsuke 



structure & script [by] Shinsuke Onishi ; director Jun Kawagoe.| 






soundtra 



Summary: "The three pilots finally manage to reunite and launch Getter 

Robo to battle Seimei in the sky while Raiko's army fights against the oni 

on the ground. After the fierce battle, Ryoma returns to Earth so Dr. 

Saotome can improve the Getter Robo. But while he has a horrifying 

vision of events to come." -- from Container. 

Call Number: 778.77 GTO 1 

Title: GTO : Great teacher onizuka. 1 [videorecording] / directed by 

Noriyuki Abe...[et al.]. 

Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c2002 (English 

version) 




original ratio (4:3) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital 

an 


Rating: OFLC rating: M 15+, including Sexual references, Adult themes. 

Summary: "Meet Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old virgin and ex-biker. He's 

crude, foul-mouthed, and has a hair-trigger temper. His goal: the Greatest 

High School Teacher in the world. Unfortunately, the only teaching job is 

available is at Holy Forest Academy (no certification required). There his 

uses his street to deal with colleagues and students alike. GTO is the 

runaway hit from Japan based on hugely popular manga series by Tohru 

Fujisawa. The final of the live action version of GTO was the most 

watched TV programe ever in Japan." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.77 INU 1 

Title: Inu yasha. 1 [videorecording] / directed by Masashi Ikeda. 






J 




Summary: " 

Call Number: 778.77 JUB 1 

Title: Jubei chan : the ninja girl [videorecording] / directed by 

Akitaro Daichi. 


Physical description: 3 videodiscs (DVD, PAL, region 4) (325 min.) :sd., 

col. ;4 3/4 in.+ leaflet Video Recording 



J 



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. 

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Call Number: 778.77 KAR 1 

Title: Karas. 1, The prophecy [videorecording] = Karasu / production 

[by] Tetsuya Kato, Ippei Kuri ; original story by Tatsunoko 

Production ; director, Keiichi Sato.|Karas. [1], The prophecy 

[videorecording] = 鴉 / production [by] Tetsuya Kato, Ippei Kuri ; 

original story by Tatsunoko Production ; director, Keiichi Sato.| 






Jap 



Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate animated violence, 

Infrequent moderate coa 

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: Vampire hunter D [videorecording] / directed by Yoshiaki 

Kawajiri ; animation production [by] Madhouse. 




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 [videorecording] = Kaidan / directed by Masaki 

Kobayashi ; screenplay by Yoko Mizuki ; produced by Shigeru 

Wakatsuki.|Kwaidan [videorecording] = 怪談 / directed by Masaki 

Kobayashi ; screenplay by Yoko Mizuki ; produced by Shigeru 

Wakatsuki.| 






Dolby Dig 


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 

Call Number: 778.77 KON 

Title: Perfect blue [videorecording] / directed by Satoshi Kon ; 

screenplay Sadayuki Murai. 




System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 1, 2 & 4, PAL); dual layer; 4:3 

original aspect ratio presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital, 



Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including high level violence, Adult 

themes. 

Summary: Pop-idol singer Mima Kirigoe a.k.a. Mimarin quits her 

struggling girl-group CHAM to pursue a career as an actress, despite the 

protestations of her agents and numerous fans. Her initial resolve is tested 

when she receives a fax labeling her a "traitor", but she stubbornly 

presses on, landing a small role in the sexy television murder mystery, 

Double Bind. When one of her agents is injured by a letter-bomb meant 

for her, and the website called "Mima's Room" starts publishing 

intrusively intimate details about her daily existence, Mima finds herself 

caught in a downward spiral of paranoid delusion and regret, struggling to 

separate fantasy from reality, past from present. As her world fragments 

into a hallucinatory nightmare, Mima must battle her own inner demons, 

and protect herself from an obsessed stalker, who is violently murdering 

her associates. 


Title: Tokyo godfathers [videorecording] / directed by Satoshi Kon. 

Publisher: [Australia] : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Australia, 

c2004. 



System requirements:DVD- (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; widescreen 

presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital and 5.1 dts, 

Spanish s 

Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese and Spanish with optional 

English, English Captions, Greek, Arabic, Croatian, C 

Rating: OFLC rating: M15+, including Low level violence, Adult themes. 

Summary: Tokyo Godfathers centers on three homeless people: Hana, a 

flamboyant ex-drag entertainer; Gin, an alcoholic former bicycle racer; 

and Miyuki, a sullen teenage runaway. Their tenuous existence becomes 

more chaotic when they set out to find the parents of an abandoned baby 

on Christmas Eve. They scream insults as they confront the lies they've 

told each other--and themselves--about the past. Yet they remain 

curiously endearing and even noble. All three care passionately about the 

abandoned infant, and they love each other, although they're loath to 

admit it. 


Title: Whisper of the heart [videorecording] / director Yoshifumi 

Kondo ; general producer Hayao Miyazaki ; production Studio 

Ghibli. 

Series title: Studio Ghibli collection 



col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 leaflet. Video Recording 



Jap 


English subtitles, English closed-captions. 


Summary: "Shizuku Tsukishima is a bit of a book-worm, spending her 

last summer vacation in junior high school reading and translating 

popular foreign music into Japanese. With aspirations to one day become 

a writer, Shizuku can't help but notice that the name Seiji Amasawa 

appears on every one of the books she borrows from the library. Through 

a series of curious and magical incidents, she comes to meet Seiji and 

discovers he has dreams of becoming a famous violinmaker in Italy. 

While their life-long goals pull them in two different directions, Shizuku 

and Seiji are determined to remain true to their strong feelings for on 

another." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

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Call Number: 778.77 MAD 1 

Title: Madlax. 1 [videorecording] / director Koichi Mashimo ; 

produced by Victor Entertainment. 





wide screen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital; 

Jap 



Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild animated violence, Mild 

themes, Mild coarse l 

Summary: The country of Gazth-Sonika has been engaged in a civil war 

for more than a decade, struggling to stay afloat amidst attacks from the 

anti-government faction known as Garza. With lies and corruption 

seeping into the political food chain, a mysterious book in one young 

girl's possession may be the only key to uncovering the truth and bringing 

an end to the war. This book, however, is sought by many. And when the 

invincible agent Madlax is hired to protect those in search of its truth, 

Gazth-Sonika dispatches a ruthless soldier to make sure that truth stays in 

the darkness! -- From publisher's web site. 

Call Number: 778.77 MIY 

Title: Kiki's delivery service [videorecording] / directed by Hayao 

Miyazaki. 


Publisher: Collingwood, VIC : Madman Entertainment, c1989 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 

Chapter note. Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual rayer; anamorphic 


Jap 




Summary: Kiki leaves her family and flies off to a faraway city where she 

starts her own business as part of learning her craft as a witch. As her job 

opens up a world of fun-filled escapades and new friendships, Kiki 

discovers that the confidence she needs to overcome the challenges of 

growing up is within herself and not in her magic. 







Jap 



Rating: G 

Summary: "Two young girls, Satsuki and Mei, have moved with their 

father into a new home in the country, while their mother recovers from 

illness in a nearby hospital. To their surprise, they soon discover that they 

share this home with some rather unusual creatures and even stranger 

neighbours - forest guardians that the girls dub Totoro. When trouble 

occurs, their new friends will help them rediscover hope." -- Container. 


Title: Nausicaä of the valley of the wind [videorecording] = Kaze no 

tani no Naushika / original story and screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki ; 

producer, Isao Takahata ; directed by Hayao Miyazaki.|Nausicaä of 

the valley of the wind [videorecording] = 風の谷のナウシカ / 

original story and screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki ; producer, Isao 

Takahata ; directe 






wide screen (16:9) presentation; English & Japanese soundtracks in 2.0 

mono D 

Language: Soundtracks in English and Japanese, with optional English 

subtitles and closed captions for the hearing impair 


Summary: "A thousand years after a great war, a seaside kingdom known 

as the Valley of the Wind is one of the only areas that remains populated. 

Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley are 

engaged in a constant struggle with powerful insdcts called Ohmu, who 

guard a poisonous jungle that is spreading across the Earth. Nausicaä, and 

her brave companions, together with the people of the Valley, strive to 

restore the bond between humanity and the earth." -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: Laputa : castle in the sky [videorecording] / directed by Hayao 

Miyazaki. 




col. ;4 3/4 in.+ Leaflet. Video Recording 



Jap 




Summary: "It's a world out of time. A world where a young boy's dreams 

soar as high as the mythical floating island known as Laputa. Pazu's 

dreams are about to be realized, when Sheeta, a young princess and 

government escapee, literally floats down from the skies, saved only by a 

mysterious, glowing pendant - a pendant comprised of Levitation Crystal, 

the supposed power of Laputa itself! Now, pursued by pirates and Secret 

Service agents alike, Sheeta and Pazu seek the fabled island to fulfill 

Pazu's dreamquest and learn the secrets of Sheeta's clouded heritage." -- 



Title: My neighbor Totoro [videorecording] / executive director 

Yasuyoshi Tokuma ; original story, script, directed by Hayao 

Miyazaki. 


Title: Pòrco rósso [videorecording] / [a Studio Ghibli production ; 

original story & screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki ; produced by Toshio 

Suzuki ; directed by Hayao Miyazaki.]. 





System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL), dual layer; anamorphic 

wide screen (16:9) presentation; English and Japanese soundtracks in 2.0 

Dolb 

Language: Soundtrack options in English and Japanese with optional 

English subtitles and closed captions for the hearing 


Summary: Slouching towards middle age, Porco Rosso makes his living 

by flying about in his red bi-plane and fighting sky bandits who prey on 

cruise ships sailing the Adriatic. When he's not engaging in dog fights, 

this pilot lives on a deserted island retreat. Porco was once a strappling 

young man, but after his entire squardron was wiped out, he is 

mysteriously transformed into a pig. Then he is defeated in a dogfight 

against a dashing American rival, who has been hired by the dastardly 

bandits. With his plane damaged, he finds a repair hanger near Milan 

where a local woman fixes his plane. 


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Title: Princess Mononoke [videorecording] / original story & 

screenplay [by] Hayao Miyazaki ; production, Studio Ghibli ; 

producer, Toshio Suzuki ; director, Hayao Miyazaki. 







Jap 


English subtitles and closed captions for the hearing 

Rating: OFLC rating: M15+, including Adulth themes. 


Title: Spirited away [videorecording] / director, Hayao Miyazaki ; 

producer, Toshio Suzuki ; screenplay, Hayao Miyazaki. 



Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD, PAL, region 4) (125min.) :sd., 



wide screen (2.0:1) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital, 

Ja 



Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Supernatural themes. 

Summary: "Spirited Away follows the fanciful adventures of a 10-yearold 

girl named Chihiro, who discovers a secret world when she and her 

family get lost and venture throgh a hillside tunnel. When her parents 

undergo, a mysterious transformation, Chihiro must fend for herself as 

she encounters strange spirits, assorted creatures and a grumpy sorceress 

who seeks to orevent her from returning to the human world." -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: Tales from Earthsea [videorecording] / screenplay written by 

Goro Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa ; production, Studio Ghibli ; producer, 

Toshio Suzuki ; director, Goro Miyazaki. 

Edition: 2 disc limited ed. 



Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (feature length 115 min. + 

extras) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 leaflet. Video Recording 


wide screen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital; 

Jap 


English subtitles. Soundtrack on extras in Japanese wi 

Rating: OFLC rating: M. 

Summary: Once man and dragon were one... Across the land of Earthsea, 

crops have failed and livestock is dying. Evil omens have arisen and the 

balance of the world is in danger of tearing apart. In search of the cause 

of this encroaching catastrophe, the Archmage Ged meets Arren, exiled 

prince of Enlad, in flight from a nameless Shadow. Coming to Hort Town, 

a city known for its dangerous streets, they cross paths with Therru, an 

orphan girl. When Ged learns that his rival, the wizard Cob, will attempt 

to open the door between the realms of the living and the dead, a struggle 

to avert disaster begins. 


Title: The castle of Cagliostro [videorecording] / directed by Hayao 

Miyazaki. 

Publisher: Collingwood, VIC : Madman Entertainment, [2001.] 



System requirements:DVD-5 (Region 4, PAL); English soundtrack in 2.0 

Dolby Digital, Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital. 




Summary: A thief steals a Count's fortune, and when he discovers a 

young princess is involved, he summons his friends to perform an 

impossible rescue. 

Call Number: 778.77 MIZ 

Title: Zaion [videorecording] : I wish you were here / director Seiji 

Mizushima. 




System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); single layer; letterbox 

widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital, 

J 

Language: Feature soundtracks in English and Japanese with optionl 



Summary: "A meteorite crashes to Earth, bringing with it a deadly virus 

known as M34 that infects humans, turning them into lethal beast-like 

monsters. The world's top organisations gather to form the organisation 

C.U.R.E., to combat the infectious disease. One organisation, NOA, 

stands in the virus' destructive path by using soldiers implanted with 

super nanotechnology to fight the vicious disease. But as the virus 

continues to spread and mutate into different strains, mankind's only hope 

may be a sixteen-year-old girl." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.77 MOR 

Title: The cat returns [videorecording] / project concept by Hayao 

Miyazaki ; production Studio Ghibli ; director Hiryoyuki Morita. 






widescreen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital, 

Ja 


English subtitles, English closed-captions. Soundtrack 


Summary: "Haru, a schooolgirl bored by her ordinary routine, saves the 

life of an unusual cat, and suddenly her world is transformed beyond 

anything she's ever imagined. Her good deed is rewarded with a flurry of 

presents, including giftwrapped mice, and one very shocking proposal of 

marriage - to the Cat's King"s son! Haru embarks on an unexpected 

journey to the Kingdom of Cats where her eyes are opened to a whole 

other world and her destiny is uncertain. To change her fate she will need 

to learn to believe in herself, and in the process she will learn to 

appreciate her everyday life. THE CAT RETURNS is a magical animated 

adventure that will delight and inspire everyone." -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.77 MUS 1 

Title: Mushi-shi. 1 [videorecording] : the cure lies in the curse = 

Mushishi / animation production studio, Art Land ; director, Hiroshi 

Nagahama.|Mushi-shi. 1 [videorecording] : the cure lies in the curse 

= 蟲師 / animation production studio, Artland ; director, Hiroshi 

Nagahama.| 





Language: Soundtracks in English and Japanese with optional English 

subtitles. 


Summary: Neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. Vulgar 

and strange, they have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and 

have, over the ages, come to be known as "mushi". The stories of the 

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Mushi and the people they effect are all linked together by a traveling 

Mushi-shi, or "Mushi Master", who seeks rare Mushi sightings and uses 

his shaman-like knowledge of Mushi to help the effected people. What 

are the Mushi and what do they want 

Call Number: 778.77 NAR 1 

Title: Naruto [videorecording] Vol. 1., Enter the ninja / seisaku TV 

Tokyo, Piero ; kantoku Date Yūto.|ナルト [videorecording]. Vol. 1. 

Enter the ninja / 製作 TV Tokyo, ぴえろ ; 監督岸本斉史 .| 







Japanese subtitles. 

Rating: M 

Summary: Deep within the Hidden Leaf Village, sharp and cunning Ninja 

carry amazing talents and powers, and Naruto Uzumaki carries an 

amazing secret. Twelve years ago, the fourth Hokage sacrificed himself 

to save the village by sealing the Nine-tailed Fox Spirit inside this 

orphaned newborn. Now, this plucky prankster must do what it takes to 

achieve his life-long goal to become the next Hokage! 

Title: Neon genesis Evangelion preview special (Gekkan nyutaipu ; 

volume 19, number 17 ; 2003-nen, 12-gatsugo ; furoku) 


Publisher: Tokyo : Kadokawa Shoten 2003 

Physical description: Video Recording 1 videodisc 


Call Number: 778.77 NEW 19(4) 

Title: Neon genesis Evangelion renew special (Gekkan nyutaipu ; 

volume 19, number 4 ; 2003-nen, 3-gatsugo ; furoku) 






Title: Steamboy world tour : vapor (Gekkan nyutaipu ; volume 20, 

number 10 ; 2004-nen, 7-gatsugo ; furoku) [videorecording] 




Call Number: 778.77 NAR M 

Title: Naruto, the movie. Ninja clash in the land of snow 

[videorecording] / screenplay, Katsuyuki Sumisawa ; director, Tensai 

Okamura. 

Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007, c2004]. 


col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (25 p. : col. ill.). Video Recordin 





Summary: Naruto and his team are sent on a mission to guard popular 

actress Yukie Fujikaze. The crew is heading toward the land of snow to 

shoot the final scenes of the film. When Yukie refuses to go and escapes 

from the set, she is brought back by force by Naruto and Team 7. 

Call Number: 778.77 NEG 1 

Title: Negima! [videorecording] Magic 101., The basics of magic / 

director Miyazaki Nagisa ; animation by Xebec. 

Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006, c2005]. 






subtitles. 

Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate sexual references. 

Summary: Wizard-in-training Negi Springfield is only 10 years old, but 

he also happens to be the newest English teacher at the all-girl Mahora 

Academy. Too bad a bachelor's degree and an enchanted staff can't 

prepare a lad for the chaos of being surrounded by dozens of Junior High 

girls! 


Title: Saibogu 009 supesharu (Gekkan nyutaipu ; volume 18, number 

20 ; 2002-nen, 12-gatsugo ; furoku) [videorecording] 





Call Number: 778.77 NOD 

Title: Golgo 13 [videorecording] = Gorugo 13 : Kyūryū no kubi|Golgo 

13 [videorecording] = ゴルゴ 13 : 九竜の首 / screenplay by Nobuyuki 

Nakajima, Isao Matsumoto ; directed by Yukio Noda.| 







Dolby Di 


Rating: OFLC rating: M, including moderate violence. 

Summary: "Super cool Sonny Chiba returns as Japan's number one 

hitman Golgo 13. Working for the U.S. drug syndicate, Golgo 13 is sent 

to Hong Kong to terminate a drug king pin - but another assassin strikes 

first. Chased by a legion of killers and a determinde cop, Golgo 13 must 

solve the mystery and use all of his hitman skills to stay alive." -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 


Title: A Well Ordered Restaurant - Animation [videorecording] 





Summary: Two hunters go out into the forest their dogs die mysteriously. 

A Restaurant in the middle of the forest draws them in, there they follow 

strange written orders until they realized they are being prepared to be a 

meal. The animals are going to eat them. 

Call Number: 778.77 OKI 

Title: Jin-roh [videorecording] : the wolf brigade = Jinrō / production 

of Bandai Visual, Production I.G ; original story and screenplay [by] 

Mamoru Oshii ; directed by Hiroyuki Okiura.|Jin-roh 

[videorecording] : the wolf brigade = 人狼 / production of Bandai 

Visual, Production I.G. ; original story and screenplay [by] Mamoru 

Oshii ; direct 

Edition: Special ed. 



col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet ([13] p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.) Vid 

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System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic 


soundtra 




Summary: "Ten years have passed since war changed the face of Japan; a 

Japan which now burns with the fire of civil unrest. Fueled by rampant 

crime and poverty, a well-armed anti-government group has risen 

amongst the people with the intent of stopping the government through its 

terrorist plots. To combat this group, an elite group of heavily-armored 

soldiers was formed. Trained like dogs, these men were to combat the 

growing unrest with extreme and severe prejudice - these men were the 

Capitol Police. However, when Constable Fuse, a member of the Capitol 

Police, hesitates to kill a young courier, he is forced to face his own 

humanity and ultimately decide - is it better to live as a chained dog Or 

die a free man" -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.77 OSH 1 

Title: Ghost in the shell [videorecording] / directed by Mamoru Oshii. 





wide screen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital 

and 



Rating: OFLC rating: M 15+, including Medium level violence, Low 

level coarse languag 

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." -- 


Call Number: 778.77 OSH 2 

Title: Ghost in the shell 2 [videorecording] : innocence / excective 

producer Mitsuhisa Ishikawa ; script and directed by Mamoru Oshii. 

Edition: Double DVD special ed. 




System requirements:Disc 1: DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 

anamorphic wide screen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 

Dolby Digi 

Language: Disc 1: Feature soundtracks in English or Japanese with 

optional English subtitles, English closed-captions; Au 

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 

Title: Akira / directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. [videorecording] 

Edition: special edition 

Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL) (124 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 


System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; Anamorphic 

(16:9) presentation; New English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital, 

Original En 



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 OTO 

Title: Steamboy [videorecording] / directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. 

Publisher: [Australia] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [distributor], 

2005. 

Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD, PAL, region 4) (feature length 


System requirements:Region 4, PAL 

Language: Language options: English and Japanese. Subtitle options: 

English, English captions, Greek, Arabic, Croatian, C 

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 OTO 1 

Title: Otogi zoshi [videorecording] = 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 [videorecording] = お伽草子 

/ original story by Production I.G and NTV ; chief writer, Yoshiki 

Sakurai ; dire 







English subtitles. DVD extras soundtrack in Japanese w 


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 PEA 1 

Title: Piecemaker = Pīsumēkā kurogane. 1, Innocence lost 

[videorecording] / directed by Tomohiro Hirata.|Peacemaker = ピー 

スメーカー鐵 ; 1, Innocence lost [videorecording] / directed by 

Tomohiro Hirata.| 



100 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (8 p. : col., ill. 



J 

Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese or English with optional 


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 desperately hopes to join the 

Shinsengumi. But an incident late one night forces him to face reality. 

The Shinsengumi show themselves capable of the same brutality as his 

parents' murderers. Wading through a sea of espionage, intrigue, and 

flowing blood, the young boy must decide whether to shed his humanity 

and become a demon of the Shinsengumi, or to relinguish his hatred and 

become a Peacemaker in the spirit of his father." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

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Call Number: 778.77 PUF 1 

Title: Hi hi Puffy Ami Yumi. 1, Let's go! [videorecording] / series 

created by Sam Register ; supervising director, Darrell Van Citters ; 

producer, Ashley Postlewaite. 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature lenght 90 min.) :sd., 







Summary: "Hop on the bus and jam with Puffy Ami Yumi, Japan's 

biggest pop group, as they take on animated adventures all over the 

world." -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.77 RAN 1 

Title: Ranma 1/2, the movie. 1, Big trouble in Nekonron, China 

[videorecording] / screenplay by Shigeru Yanagawa, Shuji Iuchi, 

Ryota Yamaguchi. 









Summary: It's just another day at the Tendo anything-goes martial arts 

training hall. That is, until a strange girl named Lychee arrives to settle a 

score with martial arts master Happosai. 


Title: Samurai champloo. Volume 01 [videorecording] = Samurai 

chanpurū. Volume 01 / director Wantanabe Shin'ichirō ; produced 

by Fuji Television.|Samurai champloo. Volume 1 [videorecording] = 

サムライチャンプルー. Volume 1 / director Shinichiro Watanabe ; 

produced by Fuji Television.| 





wide screen (16:9) presentation; English sound track in 5.1 Dolby Digital; 

Ja 



Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Medium level violence, Mature 

themes. 

Summary: Mugen's a buck wild warrior; Jin is a vagrant ronin. These two 

fiercely independent warriors can't be any more different from one 

another, yet their paths cross when Fuu, a ditsy waitress, saves them from 

being executed. She convinces them to help her find a mysterious samurai 

"who smells of sunflowers" and their journey begins. 

Call Number: 778.77 SCR 1 

Title: Scrapped princess. 1 [videorecording] = Sukurappudo 

purinsesu. 1 / kantoku Masui Sōichi ; gensaku Sakaki 

Ichirō.|Scrapped princess. 1 [videorecording] = スクラップド・プリ 

ンセス. 1 / 監督増井壮一 ; 原作 [ 榊 ] 一郎 .| 





original ratio (4:3) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital; 



Rating: PG 

Summary: "Pacifica Cassul is known as the "Scrapped Princess." 

According to prophecy, she is the poison that will destroy the world on 

her 16th birthday. In order to avoid being killed, she must secretly wander 

the lands along with her two siblings who vow to protect the princess 

every step of the way. But being the scrapped princess means you must 

stay one step ahead of your enemy. Just how long will they journey 

before time runs out" -- From container. 

Call Number: 778.77 SPI 

Title: Spirit of wonder [videorecording] = Supiritto obu wandā / 

[excective producer Ryohei Tsunoda ; produced by Bandai 

Visual].|Spirit of wonder [videorecording] = スピリットオブワンダ 

ー / [excective producer Ryohei Tsunoda ; produced by Bandai 

Visual].| 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 97 min.) :sd. 

(multiple soundtracks with stereo), col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recor 

System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); full frame original ration 

4:3; dual layer; English sound track in Dolby stereo, Japanese sound trac 



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." 


Call Number: 778.77 STE 1 

Title: Stellvia. Foundation 1 [videorecording] = Uchū no suteruvia / 

directed by Tatsuo Sato.|Stellvia. Foundation 1 [videorecording] = 宇 

宙のステルヴィア. directed by Tatsuo Sato.| 






J 

Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese or English with optional 



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 [videorecording] 

Publisher: USA: Central Park Media 1995 





Title: Origin [videorecording] : spirits of the past = Gin'iro no kami 

no Agito / animation studio, Gonzo ; directed by Keiichi 

Sugiyama.|Origin [videorecording] : spirits of the past = 銀色の髪の 

アギト. English & Japanese| 


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col. ;4 3/4 in. Book 


Language: Soundtrack options in English and Japanese. Optional subtitle 

in English. 

Rating: OFLC rating: PG., including Mild animated violence, Infrequent 

mild coarse la 

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. 


Title: Space firebird 2772 [videorecording] = Hi no tori 2772 / 

directed by Suguru Sugiyama ; produced by Osamu Tezuka.|Space 

firebird 2772 [videorecording] = 火の鳥 2772 / produced by Osamu 

Tezuka ; directed by Suguru Sugiyama.| 


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 i 

Language: Sound tracks for the feature film in English and Japanese, 

with optional subtitles in English. 


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. 

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. 


Title: Only yesterday [videorecording] = Omoide poroporo / general 

producer Hayao Miyazaki ; screenplay & directed by Isao 

Takahata.|Only yesterday [videorecording] = おもひでぽろぽろ / 

general producer Hayao Miyazaki ; screenplay & directed by Isao 

Takahata.| 









Summary: "Taeko, a single woman working a desk job in Tokyo, has 

reached a point in her where she needs to get away from her job, her 

family and most of all, big city life. A much needed vacation to the 

countryside stirs childhood memories, recalling her time as a school girl 

in 1966. Amidst beautiful country scenery, Taeko reflects on her life and 

formig new friendship, begins to make some tough decisions about her 

future." -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Panda! Co panda! [videorecording] / directed by Isao Takahata. 

Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, [c1972, c1973] 





J 





Title: Grave of the fireflies [videorecording] / directed by Isao 

Takahata. 



Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD, PAL, region 4) (88 min. ; 71 

min.) :bsd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 


Language: Dialog in English and Japanese with optional English subtitles. 

Rating: M 


Title: My neighbors the Yamadas [videorecording] = Hōhokekyo 

tonari no Yamada-kun / [original comic strip by Hisaichi Ishii ; 

directed by Isao Takahata].|My neighbors the Yamadas 

[videorecording] = ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん / [original comic 

strip by Hisaichi Ishii ; directed by Isao Takahata].| 




col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 leaflet Video Recording 



Jap 



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 


Title: Pom poko [videorecording] / director Isao Takahata ; producer 

Toshio Suzuki ; production Studio Ghibli. 







Jap 



Rating: PG 

Summary: "The Raccoons of Tama Hills are being forced from their 

homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it 

becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and 

fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of 

transformation until they are even able to appear as humans. In often 

hilarious ways, the Raccoons use their powers to try to scare off the 

advancement of civilization." -- From Container. 

Call Number: 778.77 TEN 3(1) 

Title: Tenchi muyo! Ryo ohki. [Season 3]-1, Here comes the bride! 

[videorecording] = Tenchi muyō! Ryōki. Dai 3-ki 1 / director, 

Kenichi ; produced by Nippon Television, Vap.|Tenchi muyo! Ryo 

ohki. [Season 3]-1, Here comes the bride! [videorecording] = 天地無 

用 ! 魎皇鬼 . 第三期 1 / director, Kenichi Yatagai ; produced by 

Nippon Television, Vap.| 

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Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, c2005. 







Rating: OFLC rating M, including Moderate sexual references. 

Summary: "Tenchi seeks answers from his past while Ryoko faces the 

present head on. But the gang's world gets turned updside-down when 

they receive a strange visitor. After composing himself, Tenchi discovers 

that the mysterious visitor is not his mom, but a long, lost sister who has 

come to inform him of his arranged marriage and, more importantly, his 

new fiancee, Noike. While Ryoko, Ayeka, and the others are disputing 

this, Tenchi leaves to work in the fields where he unknowingly meets his 

bride-to-be. When Tenchi collapses from exhaustion, Washu gives him a 

prescription for three days of complete rest and relaxation! Now, with 

Tenchi confined to his bed, Noike must find a way to rally the girls into 

helping out around the house! After proving herself to him and his friends, 

will Noike finally be the girl Tenchi chooses" -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 778.77 TEZ 

Title: The experimental films [videorecording] / [directed by Osamu 

Tezuka]. 

Series title: Directors suite. Tezuka Osamu 



col, b/w ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 


wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 and 2.0 

Dolby Dig 


Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild themes, Mild animated 

violence, Brief animate 

Summary: Legendary cartoonist Tezuka Osamu is responsible for much 

of the popular imaginings of Japanese culture. A trained doctor, his 

passion for illustration led him to the world of serialized comics or manga, 

and the overnight success of titles such as Jungle Emperor Leo and 

Tetsuwan Atomu in turn led to the screen. 


Title: Royal Space Force [videorecording] : the wings of Honnêamise 

/ original planning, screenplay & director, Hiroyuki Yamaga ; 

annimation producers GAINAX. 

Edition: Saundo rinyūaru-ban.|サウンドリニューアル版 .| 



col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet ([17] p. : col. ill.). Video Recor 



soundtra 




Summary: "Set on a world not unlike Earth, Shirotsugh is a young man 

who wanted to join his country's air force, but directionless, instead finds 

himself in the ridiculed Royal Space Force. The bumbling Shirotsugh is 

changed after meeting Riquinni, a caring girl who helps him find his 

spiritual centre. As witness slacker Shirotsugh and the hapless space force 

crew find new purpose, the corruption of the government conspires 

against the success of the launch, as the space race becomes fuel for war." 



Title: The twilight samurai [videorecording] / directed by Yoji 

Yamada. 

Publisher: Collingwood, Vic. : Madman Entertainment, 2003 




anomorphic wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 

Dulby Digi 



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: 779.13 EIG 

Title: Eigo Rakugo = Japanese sit down comedy, performance in 

English [videorecording] 

Publisher: North Sydney : The Japan foundation, Japan Cultural Centre 

2001 



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 sitdown 

rather than stand-up! This traditional performing 

Call Number: 780.69 NAG 

Title: Games From the Heart Nagano 1998 [videorecording] 

Publisher: Japan: International Olympic Committee 1998 




Call Number: 787.77 ANN 

Title: Neon genesis evangelion [videorecording] : death & rebirth / 

executive director Anno Hideaki ; animation production Production 

I.G. and Gainax. 




System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; letterbox 

widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital, 

Jap 


English subtitles; Audio commentary soundtrack in Engl 

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. 

Call Number: 789 ALS 

Title: ALS Japanese video resource material. Set 5, Martial arts 


Publisher: [Ryde, N.S.W. : NSW Department of Education and Training, 

Curriculum Support Directorate, 2001] 

ISBN: 7-313-70430-5 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (39 min. :sd., col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 

resource folder (62-70 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.). Video Recording 

System requirements:VHS-PAL. 

Call Number: 789 BUD E 

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Title: Nihon no budo = The Japanese budo [English edition] 


Publisher: Tokyo : Nippon Budokan Foundation 2002 




Call Number: 789 BUD J 

Title: Nihon no budo = The Japanese budo [Japanese edition] 


Publisher: Tokyo : Nippon Budokan Foundation 2002 




Call Number: 789.25 AIK 

Title: Aikido - Summer School [videorecording] 





Summary: "Shihan (Master) Seiichi Sugano Sensei , 7th Dan. Present and 

technical Director of Aiki-Kai (Aust) and Permanent Hombu 

Representative responsible for the development of Aikido in Australia, 

since 1965. Sugano Sensei is a former Uchi-Deshi (live-in apprentice) of 

O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of Aikido". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: The way of tea = Ocha no michishirube [videorecording] 

Publisher: Japan Foundation : Japan Foundation, Sydney 




Summary: A beautiful documentary on the meaning of the Tea ceremony. 

CHADO(the way of tea) is explained from a spritual sense as well as 

explainiig the practical reasons for every stage of the ceremony. Some 

quotes by Master Sen are also translated whilst watching Tea ceremony 

being performed by masters around the world. 

Call Number: 791 MUS 

Title: Mushanokoji Senke - Atarashii Sedai E [videorecording] 





Call Number: 791 URA 

Title: An invitation to tea [videorecording] : one encounter, one 

opportunity = Ichigo ichie / produced by Urasenke Foundation ; 

supervision [by] Soshitsu Sen XV. 

Publisher: [Kyoto : Chado Tankokai, 200-] 



System requirements:VHS (NTSC) 


Summary: The Japanese tradition of chado, in translation refers to the 

Japanese tea ceremony or “the way of tea”. Introduced by Sen Rikyu in 

the 16th Centuries, the way of tea formed the important basis of manner 

for the tea culture along with the evolvement of th 


Title: Kaiseki ryōri [videorecording] The kaiseki cuisine of Kyoto / 

[produced by NHK International].| 懐石料理 = The kaiseki cuisine of 

Kyoto [videorecording] / produced by NHK International.| 


Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, NTSC) (30 min.) :digital, sd., 



Summary: The kaiseki ryori style of cuisine traces its origins to the light 

meal eaten before the tea ceremony. The distinction between edibles and 

artwork has never been less defined, as the taste of the food complements 

rather than dominates the overall aesthetic experience. Presentation is of 

the utmost importance, and the arrangement and composition of the 

dishes are designed to reflect the season. -- From NHK International TV 

programme catalogue. 




Title: Ikebana (NHK International video library (Traditional 

Japanese culture = Nihon no dento bunka ; 4)) [videorecording] 





Summary: "Althogh its origin is uncertain, flower arrangement is one of 

the best known traditional arts in Japan. In the 10th centry, flower 

arrangement was already being used in interior decorations, and by th 

e14th centry it had has becaome widely popular. Today it is widespread 

not only for interior decoration, but also in public and commercial spaces. 

This program intrduced various basic forms of Ikebana with the 

cooperation of the Sogetsu school". -- FROM CONTAINER. 




Title: Tea ceremony = Cha no yu (NHK International video library 

(Traditional Japanese culture = Nihon no dento bunka ; 5)) 






Summary: "It has been nearly 1,200 years since tea was first intorduced to 

Japan and our ancestors developed a unique way to drink it; the tea 

ceremony. The tea ceremony requires not only tea and special utensils, 

but natural surroundings and ornaments like arranged flowers. 

Participants cooperate to achieve peace of mind and freedom from all the 

mundane trobules of the world. This program introduced the unique 

esthetic world of tea". -- FROM CONTAINER. 




Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Seikatsu - Iroha Karuta - Hyakunin 

isshu [videorecording] 





Call Number: 801.9 BID 

Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo [videorecording] 14., Nihongo no jesuchā = 

Japanese gestures / kikaku, kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; seisaku, hakkō 

Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 [videorecording]. 14. 日本語のジ 

ェスチャー = Japanese gestures / 企画・構成氏家研一 ; 制作・発行 

東京書籍 .| 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Tōkyō Shoseki, c2002.| 東京 : 東京書籍 , c2002.| 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 20 min.) (VHS, PAL) :sd., 

col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 guide booklet ([12] p.). Video Recording 


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Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with some Japanese subtitles. Records 

two takes on each skit, second take has English su 

Call Number: 801.9 NSW 

Title: Japanese gestures : [videorecording] talking without words 


Physical description: 1 videocassette (18 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 

worksheet. Video Recording 



Summary: "The video has 14 short sections, each of which demonstrates 

a gesture with which the Japanese communicate. The exception is number 

fourteen, which shows two people, each bowing in a different way". -- 

FROM THE SHEET GOES WITH THE VIDEO JAPANESE 

GESTURES. 

Call Number: 809.4 AUS 1998 

Title: The 29th Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest; 

Australian National Final 1998 [videorecording] 

Publisher: North Sydney, NSW : The Japan Foundation, Sydney 

Language Centre 1998 




Title: Dai 30-kai Zengo Nihongo benron taikai = The 30th annual 

Japanese language speech contest : National final ; 1999 






Call Number: 807 VIC 

Title: Why learn a language [videorecording] 

Publisher: [Melbourne] : Statewide School Support and Production 

Centre, Ministry of Education - Schools Division, Victoria 1988 




Summary: "Why is having more than one language beneficial everyone 

living in Australia What are the myths and misconceptions that 

discourage many people from attempting to learn languages". -- FROM 

CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 807.2 MAC 

Title: Second language acquisition and curriculum [videorecording] 


Physical description: 42 min. :sd., col. Video Recording 




Title: Dai 31-kai Zengo Nihongo benron taikai = The 31st annual 

Japanese language speech contest : National final. Brisbane 2000 







Title: Dai 32-kai Zengo Nihongo benron taikai = The 32nd annual 

Japanese language speech contest : National final 2001 















Title: Dai 33-kai Zengo Nihongo benron taikai = The 33rd annual 

Japanese language speech contest : National final 2002 































Title: Dai 35-kai Zengo Nihongo benron taikai = The 33rd annual 



Publisher: Sydney : The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2004 




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Title: Dai 36-kai Zengō Nihongo Benron Taikai = The 36th Annual 

Japanese Language Speech Contest Australian Naitonal Final. 2005 

[videorecording] / recorded and edited by the Japan Foundation 

Sydney.| 第 36 回全豪日本語弁論大会 = The 36th annual Japanese 

language speech contest Australian national final ; 2005 

[videorecording] / recorded and edited by 

Publisher: Sydney, NSW. : Japan Foundation, Sydney, 2005 





Title: Zengō Nihongo Benron Taikai. Dai 39-kai [videorecording] = 

National Final Japanese Language Speech Contest. The 39th. 

Publisher: [Sydney : Japan Foundation, Sydney, 2008]. 

Physical description: 1 disc :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 


Language: Speeches delivered in Japanese. 

Call Number: 809.4 NSW 1999 

Title: Dai 30-kai NSW-shu Nihongo benron taikai = The 30th annual 

Japanese language speech contest NSW division ; 1999 







Title: Dai 32-kai NSW-shu Nihongo benron taikai = The 32nd annual 








Title: Dai 33-kai NSW shu Nihongo benron taikai = The 33rd annual 








Title: Dai 36-kai New South Wales-shū Nihongo benron taikai = The 

36th annual Japanese language speech contest New South Wales 

division. 2005 [videorecording] / recorded and edited by The Japan 

Foundation Sydney.| 第 36 回 New South Wales 州日本語弁論大会 = 

The 36th annual Japanese language speech contest New South Wales 

division ; 2005 [videorecording] 

Publisher: Sydney, NSW : Japan Foundation, Sydney, c2005 

Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD, PAL, all regions) :sd., col. ;4 



Call Number: 809.4 NT 2001 

Title: Dai 10-kai Hokubu Junshu benron taikai = The 10th Japanese 

language speech contest NT division ; 2001 [videorecording] 





Call Number: 809.4 VIC 2001-1 

Title: Dai 32-kai VIC-shu Nihongo benron taikai. Senior A, B division 

[videorecording] = The 32nd annual Japanese language speech 

contest VIC division. Senior A, B division 

Publisher: Clayton, VIC : Japanese Studies Centre - Monash University 

2001. 

Physical description: 105 min. :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video Recording 


Language: Contestants' speeches in Japanese. 

Call Number: 809.4 VIC 2001-2 

Title: Dai 32-kai VIC-shu Nihongo benron taikai. Backgraound & 

Open division [videorecording] = The 32nd annual Japanese 

language speech contest VIC division : Background & Open division 

Publisher: Clayton, VIC : Japanese Studies Centre - Monash University 

2001 

Physical description: 88 min. :sd., col. Video Recording 


Language: Contestants' speechs in Japanese 

Call Number: 810.4 UTS 1989 

Title: Utsukushiku Yutakana Kotoba wo Mezashite [videorecording] 





Title: Chugakusei no Nihongo = Japanese for junior secondary 

students ; vol. 1 [video] [videorecording] 


1999 



Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with some English subtitles. 


Title: Chugakusei no Nihongo = Japanese for junior secondary 

students ; vol. 2 [video] [videorecording] 


1999 



Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with some English subtitles. 

Call Number: 810.70271 OPA 

Title: OPAL Japanese program [videorecording] 

Publisher: [Melbourne] : Open learning Australia 1998 



Call Number: 810.72 PUR 17 

Title: Shokyū no jugyō : Kyōan kentō to jugyō. 1 [videorecording] / 

planned and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 初級の授業 : 教案検討 

と授業 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and produced by プロコムジ 

ャパン.| 

Series title: Bideo shirīzu Nihongo jugyō no jissai ;vol. 17|ビデオシリー 

ズ日本語授業の実際 ; vol. 17| 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Purokomu Japan, 198| 東京 : プロコムジャパン, 

198| 

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Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS-PAL) (60 mins.) :sd., 

col. ;1/2 in. Video Recording 



Call Number: 810.72 HOS 1 

Title: Hoso Daigaku Video Kyozai - Nihongo Kyoju Ho (1) 


Publisher: Tōkyō 





Title: Hoso Daigaku Video Kyozai - Nihongo Kyoju Ho (10) - 2 
































































































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Call Number: 810.72 JIS 1 

Title: Oshiekata no kotsu [videorecording] : kōkai! jugyō no subete / 

Sei Rumi hen.| 教え方のコツ [videorecording] : 公開 ! 授業のすべて / 

清ルミ編 .| 

Series title: Video Nihongo no oshiekata jissen shirīzu ;1 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Aruku, 1997.| 東京 : アルク, 1997.| 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (75 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video 




Call Number: 810.72 JIS 2 

Title: Kyoshitsu katsudo 1, 2, 3 : gakushu komoku no teiji kara roru 

purei made (Video Nihongo no oshiekata jissen shirizu ; 2) 


Publisher: Tokyo : Aruku = Alc 1998 

ISBN: 4-87234-798-6 





Title: Class acts : success stories from the UK Japanese class room 


Publisher: London : The Japan Foundation London Language Centre 

2001 




Summary: "Class act is a collaboration between The Japan Foundation 

Londaon Nihongo Centre and teachers and learners of Japanese in the UK. 

A core education project of Japan 2001, it is the result of 6 months 

filming in Japanese classes in 20 secondary schools across the UK. 

Demonstrating a range of successful approaches to the teaching of 

Japanese. Class Acts is an invaluable introduction to teaching Japanese 

in the UK secondary sector. Organized into 20 sections, and interspersing 

classroom clips with comments from teachers and pupile, Class Acts is a 

must for teachers considering intorducing or developing Japanese at their 

school". -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 810.72 KAM rev2 

Title: Nihongo kyōjuhō wākushoppu DVD [videorecording] / 

Kamada Osamu, Kawaguchi Yoshikazu, Suzuki Mutsumi hencho.| 日 

本語教授法ワークショップ DVD [videorecording] / 鎌田修 , 川口義 

一 , 鈴木睦編著 .| 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Bonjinsha, [2006].| 東京 : 凡人社 , [2006].| 

ISBN: 4-89358-628-9 

Physical description: 2 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 300 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 

in.+ 1 booklet (44 p. : ports.) Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD (Region 2, NTSC). 

Language: Soundtrack and text on booklet in Japanese. 


Title: Saisho no jugyō. 1 [videorecording] / planned and produced by 

Purokomu Japan.| 最初の授業 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and 

produced by プロコムジャパン.| 




198| 




Title: Bamen, Yakuwari wo Ataeta Hyōgen Rensyū. 1 

[videorecording] / planned and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 場 

面・役割を与えた表現練習 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and 



ズ日本語授業の実際 ; vol.10| 


198| 






Title: Shokyū chūki no jugyō : hanasu koto no shidō [videorecording] 

/ planned and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 初級中期の授業 : 話す 

ことの指導 1 [videorecording] / planned and produced by プロコム 

ジャパン| 




198| 






Title: Shokyū Kōki no jugyō: Bunkei no rikai to teichaku. 1 

[videorecording] / planned and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 初級 

後期の授業 : 文型の理解と定着 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and 

produced by プロコムジャパン| 



Publisher: Tōkyō : Purokomu Japan, 198| 東京 ; プロコムジャパン, 

198| 






Title: Chūkyū zenki no jugyō : [Dokkai] Goku no rikai. 1 

[videorecording] / planned and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 中級 

前期の授業 : [ 読解 ] 語句の理解 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and 





198| 






Title: Chūkyū dokkai no jugyō:i Gakusei no katsudō wo chūshin ni. 1 

[videorecording] / planned and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 中級 

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読解の授業 : 学生の活動を中心に ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and 




Publisher: Tōkyō : Purokomu Japan, 198| 東京 : プロコムジャパン 

198| 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS-PAL) (55 mins.) Video 

Recording sd., col. ;1/2 in. 




Title: Chūkyū kōki no jugyō : [bunpō] setsuzoku no katachi to 

hyōgen [videorecording] / Purokomu Japan seisaku ; Nihongo 

Kyōiku Gakkai kanshū.| 中級後期の授業 : [ 文法 ] 接続の形と表現 

[videorecording] / プロコムジャパン制作 ; 日本語教育学会監修 .| 




1989.| 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (55 min., VHS-PAL) :sd., col. 

Video Recording 1/2 in. 




Title: Shokyū no jugyō : Kyōan kentō, jugyō, kōhyō. 1 

[videorecording] / planned and produced by Purokomu Japan. 



Publisher: Tōkyō : Purokomu Japan, 198| 東京 : プロコムジャパン. 

198| 






Title: Shokyū no jugyō : Jugyō to Kōhyō. 1 [videorecording] / 

planned and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 初級の授業 : 授業と講 

評 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and produced by プロコムジャパ 

ン| 




198| 






Title: Shokyū no jugyō : Hanashikata to kanji no shidō. 1 

[videorecording] / planned and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 初級 

の授業 : 話し方と漢字の指導 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and 




Publisher: Tōkyō : Purokomu Japan, 198| 東京 : プロコムジャパン 

198| 






Title: Paneru o tsukau jugyō. 1, E paneru [videorecording] / planned 

and produced by Purokomu Japan.|パネルを使う授業 . 1, 絵パネル 

[videorecording] / planned and produced by プロコムジャパン.| 



Publisher: Tōkyō : Purokomu Japan, 198.| 東京 : プロコムジャパン, 

198.| 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (25 min.) Video Recording 




Title: Shokyū no jugyō : Hanashikata to kanji no shidō. 2 

[videorecording] / planned and produced by Purokomu Japan. 




198| 






Title: Chūkyū zenki no kaiwa jugyō . 1 [videorecording] / planned 

and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 中級前期の会話授業 ; 1 





198| 






Title: Chūkyū zenki no kaiwa jugyō. 2 [videorecording] / planned and 

produced by Purokomu Japan.| 中級前期の会話授業 ; 2 





198| 






Title: Paneru o tsukau jugyō. 2, Moji kādo [videorecording] / planned 

and produced by Purokomu Japan.|パネルを使う授業 . 2, 文字カー 

ド [videorecording] / planned and produced by プロコムジャパン.| 




198.| 





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Title: Moji no dōnyū [videorecording] / planned and produced by 

Purokomu Japan.| 文字の導入 [videorecording] / planned and 





198.| 






198.| 




Call Number: 810.723 MAC 

Title: Gengoro [videorecording] 

Publisher: North Ryde, NSW : Macquarie University 2000 




Summary: "GENGORO is an innovative, multimedia Japanese CD ROM. 

It brings in a new era in learning Japanese". -- FROM CONTAINER. 


Title: Hatsuon no shidō [videorecording] / planned and produced by 

Purokomu Japan.| 発音の指導 [videorecording] / planned and 





198.| 






Title: Saisho no jugyō. 2 [videorecording] / planned and produced by 

Purokomu Japan.| 最初の授業 ; 2 [videorecording] / planned and 





198.| 






Title: Nihongo Jugyo no Jissai Vol.7 - Jitsubutsu wo Mochiita Jugyo 





Call Number: 810.724 JPF NHK(1) 

Title: Dorama "Rokubanme no Sayoko". Dai 2-kai, "Bōrei" 

[videorecording]|ドラマ「六番目の小夜子」. 第 2 回 , 「亡霊」.| 

Publisher: Saitama-shi : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin Nihongo Kokusai Sentā, 

2002|さいたま市 : 国際交流基金日本語国際センター, 2002.| 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (59 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 

teachers' manual (137 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.) Video Recording 


Language: Soundtrack in Japanese. The programme is recorded twice on 

the tape; the first take is the original version, th 

Summary: The primary objective of this video series, the NHK TV 

programs for Japanese classrooms, is to provide materials for learning the 

spoken language, but also to provide ways to gain an understanding of 

Japan as a foreign culture by watching an episode from a Japanese 

television drama. -- Drama "Rokubanme no Sayoko": A school myth 

about "Sayoko" has been handed down in a certain junior high school. 

Every three years, a student designated by the previous Sayoko secretely 

carries out Sayoko's promises, and the results determine whether life at 

the school will go well or badly. Will you be able to figure out who the 

real Sayoko is" 

Call Number: 810.724 JPF NHK(2-3) 

Title: Animēshon "Azuki-chan". Kaze to tomodachi! Haha no hi no 

purezento [videorecording] ; Minna no uta.|アニメーション「あず 

きちゃん」. 風と友だち! 母の日のプレゼント [videorecording] ; み 

んなのうた.| 

Publisher: Saitama-shi : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin Nihongo Kokusai Sentā, 

2002.|さいたま市 : 国際交流基金日本語国際センター, 2002.| 

Physical description: 2 videocassettes (50+10 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. 



Language: Soundtrack in Japanese. The programme is recorded twice on 

the tape 2; the first take is the original version, 


Title: Nihongo Jugyo no Jissai Vol.8 - Bunkei no Donyu to Renshu I 






Title: Bunkei no dōnyū to renshū. 2 [videorecording] / planned and 

produced by Purokomu Japan.| 文型の導入と練習 ; 2 




Call Number: 810.724 TAN 

Title: Bikkuribako : a resource video for teaching Japanese 





Summary: "Part 1. Classroom Activities" 1. Origami (directions) 2. 

Butterfly (origami) 3. Runaway Pig 4. Sakura (on Koto and Piano)5. 

Burst Baloon 6. Making Cards 7. Japanese Water Pistol 8. Who it is 9. 

Tricky Boat (origami) 10. Close and open 11. Ohajiki 12. Kanji symbols 


Title: Osutoraria [Australia] Nyu Jirando [New Zealand] shochuto 

nihongo kyoshi honichi kenshu (Introducing Japan ; 2000 on air 

[Japanese narration]) [videorecording] 


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Call Number: 810.743 NAF 1 

Title: Komyunikeshon to Nihongo kyoiku : sutorateji to tasuku 

renshu (NAFL Institute Nihongo kyoshi yosei koza. Bideo shirizu 

Nihongo no oshiekata ; dai 1-kan) [videorecording] 






Title: Komyunikeshon ni okeru haikei chishiki : gakushusha no nizu 

to bamen rikai (NAFL Institute Nihongo kyoshi yosei koza. Bideo 

shirizu Nihongo no oshiekata ; dai 5-kan) [videorecording] 






Title: Jitsuyo renshu ; 1 : shimyureshon, genjitsu ni sokushita renshu 

(NAFL Institute Nihongo kyoshi yosei koza. Bideo shirizu Nihongo 

no oshiekata ; dai 3-kan) [videorecording] 






Title: Jitsuyo renshu ; 2 : bunkei, goi no oyo renshu to shite (NAFL 

Institute Nihongo kyoshi yosei koza. Bideo shirizu Nihongo no 

oshiekata ; dai 5-kan) [videorecording] 





Call Number: 810.78 AOT S1 

Title: Shin Nihongo no Kiso 1 - Fukushu Video [videorecording] 

Publisher: Japan: AOTS 1992 




Call Number: 810.78 AOT S1 

Title: Shin Nihongo no Kiso 1 - Kaiwa Video [videorecording] 

Publisher: Japan: Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship 1992 




Call Number: 810.78 AOT SC 

Title: Shin Nihongo no chūkyū. Kaiwa DVD [videorecording] / Kaigai 

Gijutshusha Kenshū Kyōkai hencho.| 新日本語の中級 . 会話 DVD 

[videorecording] / 海外技術者研修協会編著 .| 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Surīē Nettowāku, 2004.| 東京 : スリーエーネットワ 

ーク, 2004.| 

ISBN: 4-88319-299-7 

Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (67 min.) :sd., col ;4 3/4 in.+ e1 

booklet (28 p. ; 18 cm.). Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD (All regions, NTSC); (4:3) presentation. 

Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with optional Japanese subtitles. 

Call Number: 810.78 BUN C-1 

Title: OHP Irasuto Shiito / Sheet 1; Shokyu Bunkei Hen 



Physical description: 138sheets Video Recording 


Call Number: 810.78 BUN C-2 

Title: OHP Irasuto Siito/ Sheet 2 Shokyu Goi Hen [videorecording] 


Physical description: 149sheets Video Recording 



Title: Rikai to teichaku : TPR to nachuraru apurochi (NAFL 

Institute Nihongo kyoshi yosei koza. Bideo shirizu Nihongo no 

oshiekata ; dai 5-kan) [videorecording] 





Call Number: 810.78 1(3) 

Title: Nihongo Japanese for busy people. 3 [videorecording] / 

Association for Japanese-Language Teaching. 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Ask Kodansha, 1986 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (40 min.) :sd., 

col. ;1/2 in.+ study guide Video Recording 


Language: Soundtrack English and Japanese with Japanese(Romaji) 

subtitles. 

Summary: "Japanese for busy people is especially designed as a fast, sun 

and effective way of learning elementary Japanese. Colorful skits go 

beyond conventional classroom methods to show you how the Japanese 

really communicate". -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 810.78 BUS 1 

Title: Nihongo Japanese for busy people. 1 [videorecording] 


Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) :sd., col. ;1/2 in.+ 

Study guide Video Recording 



subtitles. 





Call Number: 810.78 BUS 1(2) 

Title: Nihongo Japanese for busy people. 2 [videorecording] / 



Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) :sd., col. ;1/2 in.+ 

study guide Video Recording 



subtitles. 



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Title: Japanese for busy people. 2, The video [videorecording] / 

[education advisor, Association for Japanese-Language Teaching]. 

Edition: 1st ed. 

Publisher: Tokyo : Kodansha International, 1999. 

ISBN: 4-7700-2189-5 (NTSC) 

Physical description: 2 videocassettes (ca. 50 min. each) :sd., col. ;1/2 

in.+ 1 booklet (31 p. ; 25 cm.) Video Recording 


Language: Soundtrack in English & Japanese. Text on accompanying 

booklet in English & Japanese. 

Summary: Although this item appears to be a video resource to 

accompany the revised edition of the textbook "Japanese for Busy People 

II" (published 1994 English and 1996 Kana version), library staff have 

confirmed that the content of the video only loosely follows the content 

of the textbook and is not able to be used as a precisely matching resource. 

The video item may be used as a learning resource on its own or to 

loosely follow the content and learning objectives of the textbook. 


Title: Japanese for busy people. 3, The video [videorecording] / 

educational advisor, Association for Japanese-Language Teaching. 

Edition: 1st ed. 

Publisher: Tokyo : Kodansha International, 1999. 

ISBN: 4-7700-2190-9 (NTSC) 

Physical description: 2 videocassettes (50 min. each) :sd., col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 

booklet (30 p. ; 25 cm.). Video Recording 


Language: Soundtrack in English & Japanese. Text on accompanying 

booklet in English and Japanese. 

Summary: Although this item appears to be a video resource to 

accompany the revised edition of the textbook "Japanese for Busy People 

II" (published 1994 English and 1996 Kana version), library staff have 

confirmed that the content of the video only loosely follows the content 

of the textbook and is not able to be used as a precisely matching resource. 

The video item may be used as a learning resource on its own or to 

loosely follow the content and learning objectives of the textbook. 

Call Number: 810.789 KYO 1(11-15) 

Title: Nihongo kyoiku eiga : kiso-hen = The educational film series 

for the Japanese language : basic level ; unit 3 ; lesson 11-15 


Publisher: Tokyo : Nihon Shineseru 1980s 


































Call Number: 810.789 KYO 1(31) 

Title: Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 31: Nihon e no Izanai Synopsis 

of Japanese Language Education Films - Let's Learn Japanese 


Publisher: Tokyo : Nihon Shineseru 




Title: Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 32: Keigo sono Ichi - Ningen 

Kankei to Kotoba Synopsis of Japanese Language Education Films: 

Keigo part 1 - Language and Personal Relations [videorecording] 





Title: Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 33: Keigo sono Ni - Aki no 

Ichinichi Synopsis of Japanese Language Education Films: Keigo 

part 2-A Day in Autumn [videorecording] 





Title: Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 34: Chotto Tetsudatte 

Kudaisaimasenka Synopsis of Japanese Language Education Films - 

Could you give me a hand, please [videorecording] 





Title: Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 35: Obaasan Totsuzen Kaeru 

Synopsis of Japanese Language Education Films - Grandma Comes 

Home Unexpectedly [videorecording] 





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Title: Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 36: Ski wa Daisuki Synopsis of 

Japanese Language Education Films - I Love Skiing [videorecording] 








Publisher: Tokyo : Nihon Shineseru 1983 




Call Number: 810.789 CON 1 

Title: Contemporary Business Japanese 1: Arriving in Japan / At the 

Office / Meeting People / Telephone Number [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : East-West Institute 1988 




Call Number: 810.789 GUN 10 

Title: Gun gun pera pera ; episode 10 [videorecording] 

Publisher: Pyrmont, NSW : Television Oceania 1994 



Language: Soundtrack in English and Japanese. 














Title: Contemporary Business Japanese II: Making a Telephone Call 

/ Shopping / Visiting I / Visiting II [videorecording] 












Title: Contemporary Business Japanese III: Taxi / Subway Station / 

Bar / Asking the Way [videorecording] 






Title: Contemporary Business Japanese IV: Invitation to Lunch / 

Business trip / Japanese inn / Hospital [videorecording] 






Title: Contemporary Business Japanese V: Golf / Business 

Negotiations / Entertaining Customers / Anniversary of the 

Foundation [videorecording] 





































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Title: Yoku wakarimashita ; jo (Nihongo kyoiku eizo kyozai ; shokyuhen. 

Nihongo de daijobu ; yunitto = unit 2) [videorecording] 






Title: Yoroshiku onegaishimasu ; jo (Nihongo kyoiku eizo kyozai ; 

shokyu-hen. Nihongo de daijobu ; yunitto = unit 1) [videorecording] 






Title: Yoku wakarimashita ; ge (Nihongo kyoiku eizo kyozai ; 







Title: Nihongo kyoiku eiga : chukyu-hen = Visual materials for 

Japanese language education : intermediate level ; unit 4 ; segment 

19-24 [videorecording] 







Japanese language education : intermediate level ; unit 2 ; segment 7- 

12 [videorecording] 





Call Number: 810.789 LET 1(11-12) 

Title: Let's learn Japanese basic 1. Lesson 11 & 12 [videorecording] = 

Nihongo kōza shokyū 1 / produced by The Japan Foundation ; 

production [by] Video Pedic Inc.|Let's learn Japanese basic 1. Lesson 

11 & 12 [videorecording] = 日本語講座初級 1 / produced by The 

Japan Foundation ; production [by] Video Pedic Inc.| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1984|[ 東京 ] : 国際交流基 

金 c1984.| 

Physical description: 1 videorecording (ca. 60 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. 



Language: Soundtrack on skits in Japanese, commentary in English. 

Summary: "Synnopsis: Yna visits the Katos to show them the 

photographs he took the previous Sataurday at Nikko. He arrives to find 

Mr. Kato filiming his wife with a home movie camera in the garden. As 

Yan shows his pictures, we see flashbacks of his trip: the Kegon Falls, 

the inn with a hot spring, and the ornate architecture of the shrine. The 

Katos show a home movie of thier trio to the same resort in autumn of the 

previous year." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 


Title: Yoroshiku onegaishimasu ; ge (Nihongo kyoiku eizo kyozai ; 








Japanese language education : intermediate level ; unit 3 ; segment 

13-18 [videorecording] 







Japanese language education : intermediate level ; unit 1 ; segment 1- 

6 [videorecording] 







Nihongo kōza shokyū 1 / Produced bt the Japan Foundation ; 

production [by] Video Pedic.|Let's learn Japanese basic 1. Lesson 1 & 

2 [videorecording] = 日本語講座初級 1 / Produced by the Japan 

Foundation ; production [by] Video Pedic.| 

Publisher: Tokyo : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1984|[ 東京 ] : 国際交流基金 , 

c1984.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: Yan arrived at Narita International Airport - and 

establishes his character as lovable but slightly clumsy, as he bumps into 

two other traveler's luuggage carts and sends suitscases tumbling in all 

derections. Mr. Kato and his son Taro meet Yan at the airport and drive 

him home. En ruto they see huge housing complexes the Tokyo Monorail 

and Tokyo Tower. They arrive at the Kato's and celebrate Yan's arrive 

with a toast and a dinner of shushi and sukiyaki". -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 




production [by] Video Pedic.|Let's learn Japanese basic 1. Lesson 13 

& 14 [videorecording] = 日本語講座初級 1 / produced by The Japan 

Foundation ; production [by] Video Pedic Inc.| 

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金 , c1984.| 




Language: Soundtrack chiefly in English with some Japanese for skit 

parts. 

Summary: "Synopsis: A day the ballpark. Taro and Midori are at the same 

stadium, waiting for Yan - who is still at the office. He arrives just as the 

game begins. We see scenes of the fame, the cheering section, and 

telecasting - a switch to Mr. Kato watching the same game on TV at 

home. Taro and Midori come home and find their father asleep on the 

couch in front of the TV set." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 




production [by] Video Pedic.|Let's learn Jpanese basic 1. Lesson 15 & 

16 [videorecording] = 日本語講座初級 1 / produced by The Japan 



金 , c1984.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: A hot day in midsummer. Yan brings the Suzukis a 

present: lacquered chopsticks from his trip to Hida Takayama. Thsy have 

a glass of cold barley tea, talk about the weather, and look at Yan's 

photographs from his trip. Yan then leaves to go with Taro to Akihabara. 

With Taro's help, he bargains for a stereo radio/tape recorder. They return 

to the Kato's, where Mr. Kato is just coming out of the bath. Tan soaks in 

the bath while the family enjoys the new tape recorder. The skip closes 

with a scene of a family in the neighborhood Playing with sparklers." -- 

FROM TEXTBOOK. 








金 , c1984.| 





Summary: Expressions: 田中さんはちょっと用事があるそうです。 -- 

早く冷たいビールが飲みたいです。 -- 海へ行きたいのですが。 -- 

岡田さんはお酒が好きですか -- わたしはこの日がいいです。 -- 

じゃぁこの店に入りましょう。| 







Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1984|〔東京〕 : 国際交流 

基金 , c1984.| 

Physical description: 1 videocassetee (ca. 60 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. 


System requirements:VHS-PAL 


parts. 

Summary: Synopsis: "In the late summer. Yan is listening to the weather 

report on TV as he loads his camera. Today he is off for a drive in the 

mountaines with Taro and Ms. Okada. The scenery unfolds, as they 

derive along the highway, to a view of Mount Fuji. Ms. Okada has made 

box lunches for them all, which they enjoy at the lakeside. They spend 

the afternoon boating and relaxing by the lake - and get caught at 

nightfall in traffic jam on the way home. Ms. Okada falls asleep in the 

back seat of the car." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 




production [by] Video Pedic Inc.|Let;s learn Japanese basic 1. Lesson 

21 & 22 [videorecording]= 日本語講座初級 1 / produced by The 

Japan Foundation ; production [by] Video Pedic Inc.| 


金 , c1984.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: Yan visits the site of a high-rise condominium 

building designed by him firm. He puts on a work jacket and safety 

helmet, and climbs the scaffolding to the top - little nervously. From the 

top of the building, he gets a fine view od Mount Fuji and the 

surrounding countryside . He athen inspects a very well appointed (and 

expensive) model room." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 







Publisher: 〔Tōkyō〕 : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1984|[ 東京 ] : 国際交流 

基金 , c1984.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: Yan goes shopping in Shinjuku with Mrs. Kato - 

and soon finds himself loaded with a high pile of packages. We see 

scenes of the Sunday "Pedestrian Paradise" in Shinjuku, where the streets 

are closed to vehicular traffic. A child is lost and found again. Mrs. Kato 

buys a present at a depertment store and asks to have it delivered. Then 

she and Yan hurry to meet the rest of the family at a local festival. We see 

scenes of mikoshi(portable shrines), the shrine fairgrounds, and dancing 

in th estreet. Yan gets caught up in the excitement and obviously has a 

wonderful time." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 


Title: Let's learn Japanese basic 1. Lesson 25 & 26 [videorecording] 






金 , c1984.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: Yan is reading a book on the train, so absorbed that 

he almost misses his stop. He makes it out the door but then discovers he 

was forgotten his briefcase. He reports his to the stationmaster, who calls 

the terminal office and learns that the briefcase has been located. Yan 

goes to the Lost and Found Depertment and identifies the contents of his 

briefcase to a very careful clerk. The final proof of ownership is the 

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cassette tape on the tape player: it is a recording of Yan himself singing a 

popular Japanese song." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 








金 , c1984.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: Taro takes Yan to look for a place of his own to 

live. They discuss the matter with a real estate agent. Yan wants a place 

with a bath, and a Japanese-style room. The agent takes them to see a 

small detached house in a garden. The landlady, Mrs. Suzuki, brings them 

tea. A few days later, Yam moves in, with the help of Katos. A delivery 

boy brings lunch. Yan takes Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki a traditional gift of 

noodles. The skit ends with Yan amd the Katos having lunch in his new 

home". -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 








金 , c1984.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: Mrs. Suzuki is sweeping the grden as Yan passes 

on his way out to work. He stops en route at the local post office to buy 

stamps, and we see the clerk calculate his purcases and change on an 

abacus. Yan takes the train to Shibuya and calls Mr. Kato from a pay 

phone. Mr. Kato comes to meet him and takes him by Taxi to the office 

where he will be working. A pretty woman who catches Yan's eye at the 

phone booth in Shibuya turns out to work in the same firm." -- FROM 

TEXTBOOK. 




production [by] Video Pedic Inc.|Let's learn Japanese Basic 1. Lesson 

7 & 8 [videorecording] = 日本語講座初級 1 / produced by The Japan 



金 , c1984.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: Yan clears the breakfast dishes away and keaves 

for work at 7.15. He mails a letter for Mrs. Suzuki, takes the train and is 

the first to arrive at the office. Ms. Okada arrives, shows him around the 

office and helps him settle in. Yan cbviously fonds her very attractive. 

The rest of the staff arrives. Yan registered for work. Ms. Okada shows 

him the office library, and he takes out severl books". -- FROM 

TEXTBOOK. 





10 [videorecorsing] = 日本語講座初級 1 / produced by The Japan 



金 , c1984.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: 








金 , c1985.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: The story begins with Yan working hard on his 

architectural design, in the office of the university reserch group which he 

joined after quitting his company. Yan has incited his colleagues to his 

apartment for sukiyaki. But the main reason for holding the party 

becomes clear as Yan runs to the station, leaving his colleagues to 

prepare the food, to meet his special guest, Miss Okada. As Yan's 

neigbors, Mr. And Mrs. Hori, watch curiously Yan and his colleagues 

welcom Miss Okada in. They all have a great time until Yan's other 

neighbor, Terada, begans angrily on the door to complain about the 

noise." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 




production [by] Video Pedic.|Let's learn Japanese basic 2 Lesson 29 




金 , c1985.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: This episode begins with Yan's neigbors, Mr. Hori 

leaving for a long distance drive to Nagasaki in his truck. As Yan has 

breakfast, he reminisces about his reunion with Miss Okada the previous 

evening. She had told him that she will soon be quitting her job and going 

back home to her family. Yan takes the left-over cakes to Mrs. Hori, 

giving them to her and her family as a present, and sets off for university, 

still daydreamimng about Miss Okada. On the way, he spots Terada, his 

other neignbors at work in a truck." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 








金 , c1985.| 



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Summary: "Synopsis: One morning, two women from the local market 

street ask Yan if he can help them to read German lyrics of Beethoven's 

Ninth Symphony, which the local people are going to perform at the end 

of the year. Yan agrees to help, and he mulls over the pronounciation 

with his colleagues. Later, the local residents gather at the public bath to 

practice reading the "Japanized" pronounciations devised by Yan and his 

colleague. When Yan comes home, happy that he was able to help out, he 

recieves a phone call from Miss Okada, who is calling from Ueno Station 

to say good bye before she leaves Tokyo for her home in the provinces." - 

- FROM TEXTBOOK. 




production [by] Video Pedic Inc.|Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lesson 

33 & 34 〔videorecording〕 = 日本語講座初級 2 / produced by The 

Japan Foundation ; production 〔by〕 Video Pedic Inc.| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1985|〔東京〕 : 国際交流 

基金 , c1985.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: In this episode, we sse how Yan and the Hori 

family spend New Year's Eve. At first we see Yan and Horis cleaning 

their respective apartments, in readiness for the New year. A Yan clearns 

his apartment, the people from the market street bring him some sake and 

rice cakes to thank him for his help with Beethoven's Ninth. Then we see 

stores, stations and temples bustling with masses of people. As midnight 

approaches, the Hori family relaxes at home in to a temple to listen to the 

New Year bell." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 


Title: Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lessons 35 & 36 [videorecording] 

= Nihongo kōza shokyū 2 / produced by The Japan Foundation ; 


& 36 [videorecording] = Nihongo kōza shokyū 2 / produced by The 

Japan Foundation ; production [by] Video Pedic.| 

Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1985.|[ 東京 ] : 国際交流基 

金 , c1985.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: In this episode, we see how Yan and the Hori 

family spend New Year's Day. The Horis gather together on the first 

morning of the year, greeting one another, then eating Near Year 

delicacies. They read their New Year's cards, and the children recieve 

special presents of money from their father. Yan is on his own, bored 

watching TV and looking at a New Year's card from Miss Okada. Later, 

he receives a phone call from the people in the market street, inviting him 

to their party. The Horis just continue to relax at home, eating rice cakes." 

-- FROM TEXTBOOK. 





&38 [videorecording] = 日本語講座初級 2 / produced by The Japan 



金 , c1985.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: Yan falls ill and calls his colleagues, asking them 

to hake his finished design to the proffessor's office. Then, he collapses. 

When he comes, to he sees his neighbor , Terada, next to him. Terada 

looks after Yan well. In th eevening the children of the Hori family come 

in, excitedly throwing beans around Yan's room (following a spring 

custom), until they discover that Yan is ill in bed. Yan is happy to have 

discovered a new friend in Terada." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 





& 40 [videorecordin] = 日本語講座初級 2 / produced by The Japan 



金 , c1985.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: Yan recovers from his illness and goes to the 

university, where he hears that his professor has praised the finished 

design. Yan reveals that he intends to spend in to his home country to 

enter it in a competition. Later, he goes to see his former colleaguesto 

show it to them, and there, again, receives everyone's praise. But then, 

one of Yan's former colleagues lets slip the news that Miss Okada is 

going to get married. Shocked and depressed, Yan goes to an outdoor 

eating and drinking stand in the pouring rain, gets drunk, and has an 

argument with another customer." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 




production [by] Video Pedic Inc. 


金 , c1985.| 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min). :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video 




parts. 

Summary: "Synopsis: This episode begins with Yan's colleague, Inoue, 

expressing her worry about Yan, who has failed to turn up at the office, 

and trying to call him at home. But Yan doesn't even answer the phone. 

Encouraged by his neighbor, Terada, Yan finally does show up sy yhe 

university, but he has lost his desire to send the finished design to his 

home country. Finally Inoue persuades him to send it. Seeing all this, 

Kuwata and Saito invite Yan to a disco to try to cheer him up. But at the 

disco, Yan just sit alone, staring at the happy dancers with a blank 

expression on his face." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 





& 44 [videorecording] = 日本語講座初級 2 / Produced bt the Japan 



金 , c1985.| 





Summary: Synopsis: One day, Terada finds that Yan has gone away for 

while. We see Yan at Ueno staton, where he helps and elderly couple 

onto the bullet train. On the rain, the couple offers Yan tea and rice balls, 

but when the inspector comes back to check their tickes, they are 

surprised to find that Yan hasn't decided where to go yet. Yan just 

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decides to go to the final stop, Niigata. He then goes even further, deep 

into snow country. He finds a room in and inn near the sea, drifting even 

deeper into depression as he looks at Miss Okada's photograph." --FROM 

TEXTBOOK. 








金 , c1985.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: In the morning, at the inn in snow country, the 

landlady of the inn finds that Yan isn't in his room. She fears the worst 

and rushes out to the seashore. But Yan is just standing there, looking 

calmly at the violent waves. And as Yan discovers more about the hard 

lives of the people in snow country, and how strong they are, he feels 

more and more encouraged, finally getting on a train to go back to Tokyo. 

Just around that time, Miss Okada's wedding ceremony is held, on the 

other side of the mountain.: -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 








金 , c1985.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: The weather has turned warm, and Yan has 

completely recovered from his shock and depresion. He receives a phione 

call from his friends in the market street, who invite Yan and his 

colleagues to a cherry-blossom viewing party on the banks of the Sumida 

River. At the party, with the area full of people, they all eat sushi, drink 

sake and sing karaoke till after dark." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 







Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1985.|[ 東京 ] : 国際交流基 

金 , c1985.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: Yan recieves a letter from his home country which 

contains the news that Yan's design has been chosen in the conpetition. 

Yan's colleagues congratulate him warmly. After reporting the news to 

his professor, Yan sees Kato (who looked after Yan when he first arrived 

in Japan) to tell him about it, too. Kato is delighted by the news but also 

sad that Yan will be leaning Japan. Yan's neighbors and friends from the 

market street all congratulate Yan at the public bath, but they, too, 

express their sadness at having to say goodbye to Yan." -- FROM 

TEXTBOOK. 








金 , c1985.| 





Summary: "Synopsis: The time has come for Yan to leave. Yan's 

neighbors and friedns give him a touching send off as he leaves for the 

airport in Mr. Hori's truck. On the way, Terada catches up with Yan in 

another truck, and says goodbye. At the airport Yan is even more touched 

when he finds the Kato family waiting for him, together with his 

colleagues from university. They all say goodbye, and in the final scene 

we see Yan's friends and neighbors near the Sumida river, waving at the 

airplane until it disappears into the sky." -- FROM TEXTBOOK. 


Title: Japanese for beginners. part 1 [videorecording] 

Publisher: [Sydney, NSW] : Special Broadcasting Services, 1991. 

Physical description: 2 videocassettes (VHS, PAL,) (approx 300 



Language: Soundtrack English and Japanese. 

Summary: "This series was develolped to meet an increasing demand for 

a quality teaching course for beginners interested in learning Japanese. 

Development of this course by the Japanese Television Network NHK 

and the Japanese National Language Institute, occurred after extensive 

research to devise a new method of teaching Japanese for non native 

speakers." -- FROM CONTAINER. 




Physical description: 2 videocassettes (VHS, PAL) (approx. 300 

























Publisher: [Sydney, N.S.W.] : Special Broadcasting Services, 1991. 

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Call Number: 810.789 NIH 1 

Title: Waga uruwashi no tomo [NTSC edition] (Nihongo kyoiku bideo 

shirizu ; 1) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Tokyo : Kokusai Koryu Kikin = The Japan Foundation 




Title: Onna ga shokuba o saru hi [NTSC edition] (Nihongo kyoiku 

bideo shirizu ; 2) [videorecording] 





Title: San-nen tatte, koi [NTSC edition] (Nihongo kyoiku bideo 






Title: '82-nen joshidaisei shushoku jijo [NTSC edition] (Nihongo 

kyoiku bideo shirizu ; 7) [videorecording] 





Title: '82-nen joshidaisei shushoku jijo [PAL edition] (Nihongo 






Title: Homon intabyu : Itsuki Hiroyuki : ikoi no toki, shisaku no toki 

[NTSC edition] (Nihongo kyoiku bideo shirizu ; 8) [videorecording] 

Publisher: Japan: The Japan Foundation 1983 





Title: Homon intabyu : Itsuki Hiroyuki : ikoi no toki, shisaku no toki 

[PAL edition] (Nihongo kyoiku bideo shirizu ; 8) [videorecording] 






Title: Chotto ii fufu [NTSC edition] (Nihongo kyoiku bideo shirizu ; 






Title: Hahaue-sama, Akazawa Yoshio [NTSC edition] (Nihongo 






Title: NHK shukan nyusu [NTSC] (Nihongo kyoiku bideo shirizu ; 6) 







Title: NHK shukan nyusu [PAL edition] (Nihongo kyoiku bideo 






Call Number: 810.7JR NSW 

Title: Chūgakusei no Nihongo [videorecording] = Japanese for junior 

secondary students / NSW Department of Education and Training 

Curriculum Support Directorate, Television Oceania.| 中学生の日本 

語 [videorecording] = Japanese for junior secondary students / NSW 

Department of Education and Training Curriculum Support 

Directorate, Television Oceani 

Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W. : NSW Department of Education and 

Training, Curriculum Support Directorate, 1999. 

ISBN: 0-7313-5834-1 

Physical description: 2 videocassettes (VHS) (ca. 60+60 min.) :sd., 

col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 book (235 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.). Book 


Language: Soundrecording on videotapes in English and Japanese. Text 

on accompanying book in English and Japanese. 

Rating: Junior secondary level. 

Summary: The video segments are approximately 5 minutes long and are 

independent units which may be completed in any order. The print 

materials utilise the video segments as a stimulus for a wide variety of 

tasks. 

Call Number: 810.7PR JPF 1999 

Title: Dai 3-ka Nihongo happyokai = 1999 Japanese language 

performance day [videorecording] 



Physical description: Video Recording 


Call Number: 810.7PR JPF 1999 

Title: Dai 4-kai Nihongo happyo kai = 2000 Japanese language 


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Call Number: 810.7PR JPF 2000 L54-3-PJB 

Title: Dai 4 kai Nihongo happyo kai = 2000 Japanese language 






Call Number: 810.7PR NSW 

Title: Languages Through Movement: Japanese [videorecording] 

Publisher: Australia: NSW Department of Education and Training 1999 

Physical description: 26min45sec Video Recording 



Summary: In three segments hosts Toshi and Pam teach young Japanese 

language learners to jump up, hop, run catch kick and more. With the aid 

of several different activities such as chardes, puzzles and simple 

animation. There are also some costume super heroes and computer 

games to liven things up. 

Call Number: 811 KAI 1-4 

Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Nippon no Ji 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Gokan [videorecording] 






Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Seikatsu - Seikatsu no naka no Moji 






Call Number: 810.7SR NSW 

Title: Languages through movement. Japanese [videorecording] 

Publisher: [Ryde, N.S.W.] : NSW Department of Education and Training, 

Curriculum Support Directorate, c1999. 

ISBN: 0-7313-5553-9 


booklet (61 p.) Video Recording 


Language: Soundtrack on videotape in Japanese. Main text in booklet in 

English with some Japanese. 

Call Number: 810.7SR NSW 1 

Title: Japanese for senior students = Kokosei no Nihongo ; [1] 



1997 




Summary: Hosted by Sally SHIMADA (Japanese Language Consultant 

for NSW Department of School Education) ans her colleague Yuko 

FUJIMITS, this is a Japanese Language education program that was 

originally made for Television. The video consist of 6 different sections 

or Topics designed for Senior Students of Japanese. Most of the dialogue 

is in Japanese with questions after each Topics. 

Call Number: 811.1 KAI 1-6 

Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Oto o Tsukamaeru 







Title: Kanji (ALS Japanese video resource material : Nihongo daisuki 

[repackaged edition ; set 1) [videorecording] 


2001 




Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji no Katachi 






Call Number: 810.7SR NSW 2 

Title: Japanese for senior students = Kokosei no Nihongo ; [2] 



1998 




Summary: Hosted by Sally SHIMADA (Japanese Language Consultant 

for NSW Department of School Education) ans her colleague Yuko 

FUJIMITS, this is a Japanese Language education program that was 

originally made for Television. The video consist of 7 different sections 

or Topics designed for Senior Students of Japanese. Most of the dialogue 

is in Japanese with questions after each Topics. 


Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji no Kakijun 






Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji no Kotoba 1 





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Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji no Kotoba 2 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji no Nakama 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji no Yomikata 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji no Kumitate 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji no Oboekata 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - On to Kun 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Doon igi to Dokun 

iji [videorecording] 










Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji no Yurai 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji to Okurigana 







Title: Nihon Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Niji no Jukugo 







Title: Nihon Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji to Kana 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Jukuji Kun 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Jukugo to Ryakugo 





Call Number: 811.2 OMO 1 

Title: Omoshiro kanji mini jiten ; no. 1 (NHK bideo) [videorecording] 






Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanwa Jiten 


Call Number: 811.2 OMO 2 

Title: Omoshiro kanji mini jiten ; no. 2 (NHK bideo) [videorecording] 

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Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Hiragana no Karada 


Publisher: Tajiri-machi : Kokusai Koryu Kikin Kansai Kokusai Senta = 

The Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute, Kansai 1980s 




Call Number: 811.5 KNI 

Title: Watch, read & wrhite video kana course [videorecording] 

Publisher: New Zealand 




Summary: "The Japanese writing system takes time and effort to learn. 

Many are tempted to take what seems to be the short-cut of learning 

Japanese in romanized scripts. This is like become addicted to a drug 

from which the withdrawal process takes longer than the time saved 

initially ans in anycase may never be completed. Then also it is often not 

appreciated that the Japanese writing system is not merely the 

mechanisim for writing things down, it is an integral part of the structure 

of Japanese. Learning Japanese without the writing system is not really 

learning Japanese". -- FROM CONTAINER. 

Call Number: 811.5 QUA 

Title: Teaching Hiragana in 48 Minutes [videorecording] 

Publisher: [Tokyo : The Japan Forum] 1994 



Call Number: 811.5 WAK 

Title: Wakuwaku katakana [videorecording] / Tanaka Seinosuke 

kanshū ; Gakushū Kenkyūsha seisaku.|わくわくカタカナ 

[videorecording] / 田中清之助監修 ; 学習研究社製作 .| 

Edition: Shinsōban| 新装版 .| 

Series title: Gakken no zunō kaihatsu bideo| 学研の頭脳開発ビデオ| 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Gakushū Kenkyūsha, [200-].| 東京 : 学習研究社 , 

[200-].| 

ISBN: 4-05-200886-3 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) :stereo sd., col. ;1/2 

in.+ 1 leaflet. Video Recording 


Language: Dialogue in Japanese. 

Summary: Designed help young learners to enjoy their study of katakana 

with cheerfully presented animation and sound. This video programme 

presents the all Japanese katakana characters. Usages of katakana in 

context, such as loan-words and onomatopoeia, are also explained in this 

video. 

Call Number: 811.5 WAK 2nd-1 

Title: Wakuwaku hiragana. 1, A - No [videorecording] / Tanaka 

Seinosuke kanshū ; Gakushū Kenkyūsha seisaku.|わくわくひらが 

な ; 1, あ~の [video recording] / 田中清之助監修 ; 学習研究社製 

作 .| 

Edition: Shinteiban.| 新訂版 .| 


Publisher: Tōkyō : Gakushū Kenkyūsha, [200]| 東京 : 学習研究社 , 

[200].| 

ISBN: 4-05-200884-7 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (20 min.) :sd., 

col. ;1/2 in.+ leaflet. Video Recording 


Language: Dialogue in Japanese. 

Summary: Designed help young learners to enjoy their study of hiragana 

through animation. 

Call Number: 811.5 WAK 2nd-2 

Title: Wakuwaku hiragana. 2, Ha - N [videorecording] / Tanaka 

Seinosuke kanshū ; Gakushū Kenkyūsha seisaku.|わくわくひらが 

な ; 2, は~ん [videorecording] / 田中清之助監修 ; 学習研究社製 

作 .| 

Edition: Shinteiban.| 新訂版 .| 


Publisher: Tōkyō : Gakushū Kenkyūsha, [200-]| 東京 : 学習研究社 , 

[200].| 

ISBN: 4-05-200885-5 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS-NTSC) (20 min.) :sd., 

col. ;1/2 in.+ leaflet. Video Recording 


Language: Narration in Japanese. 

Summary: Designed help young learners to enjoy their study of hiragana 

through animation. 


Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kanazukai 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Ten, Maru, Kagi 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kokugo Jiten 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Fukugo-go 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Nakigoe Kurabe 





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Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Nyanya Punpun 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kotoba no Chigai 






Call Number: 815 BID 1 

Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo. 3, Toki no hyōgen 1 = Expressions of time 

1 [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie Kenichi ; seisaku, hakkō 

Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 3, 時の表現 1 = Expressions of 

time 1 [videorecording] / 企画・構成氏家研一 ; 製作・発行東京書 

籍 .| 



col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 guide booklet (8 p.). Video Recording 





2 [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie Kenichi ; seisaku, hakkō 


Time 2 [videorecording] / 企画・構成氏家研一 ; 製作・発行東京書 

籍 .| 


Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 15 min.) (VHS, PAL) ;sd., 

col. ;1/2 in. Video Recording 1 guide booklet (6 p.). 





3 [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; seisaku, hakkō 


time 3 [videorecording] / 企画・構成氏家研一 ; 制作・発行東京書 

籍 .| 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Setsuzokugo to Shijigo 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kotoba No Nakama 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Joshi Jodoshi 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bungo to Kogo 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kazoeru Kotoba 







Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo. 1, Ukemi = Passives [videorecording] / 

kikaku, kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ講 

座日本語 . 1, 受身 = Passives [videorecording] / 企画・構成氏家研 

一 ; 制作・発行東京書籍 .| 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Tōkyō Shoseki, c1988.| 東京 : 東京書籍 , 1988.| 


col. ;1/2 in. Video Recording 1 guide booklet ([7] p.) 




Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo. 11, Tadōshi, jidōshi = Transitive & 

intransitive verbs [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; 

seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 11, 他動詞・自動 

詞 = Transitive & Intransitive verbs [videorecording] / 企画・構成 

氏家研一 ; 制作・発行東京書籍 .| 






Call Number: 815.5 BID K1 

Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo. 7, Kihon dōshi [1] = Basic verbs [1] 

[videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie Kenichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō 

Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 7, 基本動詞 [1] = Basic verbs [1] 

[videorecording] 企画・構成氏家研一 ; 製作・発行東京書籍 .| 


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Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 15 min.). (VHS, PAL) :sd., 




Call Number: 815.5 BID K2 

Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo. 13, Kihon dōshi 2 = Basic verbs 2 

[videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō 

Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 13, 基本動詞 2 = Basic verbs 2 

[videorecording] / 企画・構成氏家研一 ; 制作・発行東京書籍 .| 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Tōkyō Shoseki, [2002].| 東京 : 東京書籍 , [2002].| 

Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS, PAL) :sd., col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 

guide booklet ([8] p.) Video Recording 



Call Number: 815.5 BID S1 

Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo. 2, Shieki, shieki ukemi 2 = Causatives, 

causative-passive 2 [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie Kenichi ; 

seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 2, 使役・使役受 

身 2 = Causatives, causative-passive 2 / [videorecording] 企画・構成 

氏家研一 ; 製作・発行東京書籍 .| 






Call Number: 815.5 BID S2 

Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo. 12, Shieki 2, kyoyō shieki = Causatives 2, 

permissive-causatives [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie ken'ichi ; 

seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 12, 使役 2, 許容使 

役 = Causatives 2, permissive-causative [videorecording] 企画・構成 








Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bun to Bun wo Tsunagu 






Call Number: 815.8 BID 1 

Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo. 5, Keigo 1 = Honorific expressions 1 


Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 5, 敬語 1 = Honorific Expressions 1 

[videorecording] / 企画・構成氏家研一 ; 東京書籍 .| 

Publisher: Tōkyō : Tōkyō Shoseki, c1990.| 東京 : c1990.| 


col. ;1/2 in.+ 1 guide booklet (6 p.) Video Recording 



Call Number: 815.8 BID 2 

Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo. 6, Keigo 2 = Honorific expressions 2 


Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 6, 敬語 2 = Honorific Expressions 2 

[videorecording] / 企画・構成氏家研一 ; 製作・発行東京書籍 .| 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Keigo [videorecording] 





Call Number: 815.5 BID Y1 

Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo. 9, Yari morai no hyōgen 1 = Expressions 

of "Yarimorai" [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; 

sesaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 9, やりもらいの表 

現 1 = Expressions of "Yarimorai" 1 [videorecording] / 企画・構成 







Call Number: 815.5 BID Y2 

Title: Bideo kōza Nihongo. 10, Yari morai no hyōgen 2 = Expressions 

of "Yarimorai" 2 [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; 

seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 10, やりもらいの 

表現 2 = Expressions of "Yarimorai" 2 [videorecording] / 企画・構 

成氏家研一 ; 制作・発行東京書籍 .| 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo- Bun no Katachi 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bun No Katachi 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bun No Katachi 3 






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Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Yoku Mite Kaku 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kuwashiku Kaku 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Danraku 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kiroku 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bunsho no Kumitate 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bunsho zukuri 







Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Tegami 










Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Dokusho 2 (Setsumei 

Bunsho) [videorecording] 






Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Dokusho 3 (Denki) 







Title: Nihon no Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Shi [videorecording] 





Call Number: 817.8 AUN 4 l6-4-n 

Title: Aun de iko! : komyunikeshon no tame no Nihongo bideo kyozai 

= A-un : the video for communicating in Japanese ; kaito-hen 

(Chokairyoku kyoka no tame no Nihongo gakushu bideo shirizu) 





Call Number: 817.8 ERI 1-PAL 

Title: Erin ga chōsen! Nihongo dekimasu. Vol. 1 [videorecording] / 

seisaku, chosaku Kokusai Kōryū Kikin.|エリンが挑戦 ! にほんごで 

きます. Vol. 1 [videorecording] / 制作・著作国際交流基金 .| 


Publisher: Tōkyō : Bonjinsha, 2007.| 東京 : 凡人社 , 2007.| 

ISBN: 978-4-89358-624-7 


1 textbook (198 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.). Video Recording 

System requirements:DVD (Region All, PAL); dual layer; standard (4:3) 

presentation. 

Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with optional subtitles in Japanese, 

English or Chinese on skits. Main text of accompany 

Rating: Secondary students. 

Summary: "This DVD teaching material mainly targets young students 

and is a resource to foster learning in two fundamental areas, "language 

study" and "understanding of different/multiple cultures." The material is 

not intended as main Japanese-language study material to be followed in 

order form the beginning; rather, it is for students following various 

curriculums in different countries to review as desired in order to increase 

their interest in studying Japanese and Japanese culture." -- FROM 

INTRO. 


Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Dokusho 1 

(Monogatari) [videorecording] 






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ISBN: 978-4-89358-625-4 


1 textbook (208 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.) Video Recording 


presentation. 


English or Chinese on skits. Main text of accompany 

Rating: Secondary students. 







ISBN: 978-4-89358-626-1 

Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (125+101 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 



presentation. 


English or Chinese on skits. Main text in Japanese 

Summary: "This DVD teaching material mainly targets young students 

and is a resource to foster learning in two fundamental areas, "language 

study" and "understanding of different/multiple cultures." The material is 

not intended as main Japanese-language study material to be followed in 

order form the beginning; rather, it is for students following various 

curriculums in different countries to review as desired in order to increase 

their interest in studying Japanese and Japanese culture." -- FROM 

INTRO. 

Call Number: 817.8 KON 1988 

Title: Konna toki Nihongo de = Slices of Japanese life ; 1988 : eki, 

kissaten, yubinkyoku, konbiniensu sutoa [videorecording] 





Call Number: 817.9 AUN 1 


= A-un : the video for communicating in Japanese ; 1 (Chokairyoku 

kyoka no tame no Nihongo gakushu bideo shirizu) [videorecording] 





















Call Number: 910.2 LIT 1 

Title: Literature ; part 1 (Japan : the living tradition ; program 9) 






Summary: Part one of this study of Japanese Literature beings with Kojiki 

in 712 and concludes Japanese selection in th eearly 17th Centry. This 

documentary includes a large number of recitals of particular pieces of 

Japanese literature among three are some experts from the Manyoshu 

Tale of Genji, Take of Heike and some Tanka. The growth of Haiku is 

discussed along with other "periods" on Japanese Literature. 


Title: Konna toki Nihongo de = Slices of Japanese life ; 1990 : Ofisu 

[kaigai-ban] [videorecording] 






Title: Konna toki Nihongo de = Slices of Japanese life ; 1989 : 

Arubaito saki [kaigai-ban] [videorecording] 





Call Number: 817.8 VIC l35-pj 

Title: Speaking Japanese: The Farewell Party [videorecording] 




Call Number: 910.2 LIT 2 

Title: Literature ; part 2 (Japan : the living tradition ; program 10) 






Summary: Part 2 begins in the mid 16th centry when the Samurai are still 

trying to cultivate traditional arts but are losing the battle in the major 

capitals of Kyoto, Osaka and Edo. Townsmen have cultivate the pleasure 

quarters, which in turn produce writers of the culture such as Saikaku. 

Several samples of literature are recited in this program by authors; 

Soseki, Tanizaki, Kawabata, Oe and Abe. Each writer's thoughts of 

Japans changing modern society are considered, up until the 1970's. 


Title: Miyazawa Kenji no Sekai [videorecording] 





Call Number: 915.5 OKU 

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Title: Oku no Hosomichi wo Tazunete - Mori Atsishi Michinoku Ko 






Call Number: 915.5 OKU 1 

Title: Video Kiko - Oku no Hosomichi Vol.1 [videorecording] 





Call Number: 915.5 OKU 2 

Title: Video Kiko - Oku no Hosomichi Vol.2 [videorecording] 





Call Number: 991.7 AIS 1 

Title: Sekai no Dowa - Isoppu Monogatari 1 [videorecording] 





Call Number: 991.7 AIS 2 

Title: Sekai no Dowa - Isoppu Monogatari 2 [videorecording] 





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Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by title 

21-seiki eno chōsen [videorecording] = Adventure 

on the way to the 21st century / [produced by 

NHK International].|21 世紀への挑戦 

[videorecording] = Adventure on the way to the 

21st century / [produced by NHK International].| 

650 years at center stage = Otoko no harebutai : 

650 nen no dento o mau [videorecording] 

'82-nen joshidaisei shushoku jijo [NTSC edition] 

(Nihongo kyoiku bideo shirizu ; 7) 


'82-nen joshidaisei shushoku jijo [PAL edition] 



A brilliant image of Nirvana : the golden shrine at 

Chuson temple = Ogon no gokuraku jodo (NHK 

International video library ; National treasures = 

Kokuho tanbo ; 1) [videorecording] 

A Fork in the Road - Japan [videorecording] 

A groundbreaking microscopic camera = Gan o 

sagashidase : kanzen kokusan ikamera kaihatsu 

(NHK International video library ; Procect X : 

innovators = Purojekuto X : chosenshatachi ; 1) 


A policeman's story = Keisatsukan monogatari 

[English edition] (The way of life in Japan = 

Nihonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 

A policeman's story = Keisatsukan monogatari 

[Japanese edition] (The way of life in Japan = 


A reporter's story = Seijiban kisha [English 


A second chance = Hanazakari daini no jinsei 



A second chance = Hanazakari daini no jinsei 



A Small Business = Shacyo Funsenki [English 


A taste of Japan (International cookbook series) 


A tattooed life [videorecording] = Irezumi ichidai 

/ produced by Masayuki Takagi ; screenplay [by] 

Kinya Naoi, Kei Hattori ; directed by Suzuki 

Seijun.|A tattooed life [videorecording] = 刺青一 

代 / produced by Masayuki Takagi ; screenplay 

[by] Kinya Naoi, Kei Hattori ; directed by Suzuki 

Seijun.| 

A Well Ordered Restaurant - Animation 


A yanmama's love = Yanmamatachi no kinkyo 

hokoku [English edition] (The way of life in Japan 

= Nihonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 

A yanmama's love = Yanmamatachi no kinkyo 

hokoku [Japanese edition] (The way of life in 

Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) 


Aikido - Summer School [videorecording] 

Air gear. 1, East side showdown [videorecording] 

/ director, Hajime Kamegaki ; animation 

production, Toei Animation, Marvelous 

Entertainment. 

Ajisai no uta. 1, Usu asagi [videorecording] / 

kikaku, seisaku sōshiki Takahashi Ganari ; 

gensaku Mori Kurimaru.|あじさいの唄 . 1, うす 

あさぎ [videorecording] / 企画・製作総指揮高 

橋がなり.| 

Ajisai no uta. 2, Byakuroku [videorecording] / 


gensaku Mori Kurimaru.|あじさいの唄 . 2, びゃ 

くろく [videorecording] / 企画・製作総指揮高 

361.5 NHK 10 

773.28 JAM 9 

810.789 NIH 7 

810.789 NIH 7 

709.1 NHK N1 

291.73 SBS 

492.14 PRO 

317.7 WAY 15E 

317.7 WAY 15J 

070.16 FAC 17 

367.7 WAY 1E 

367.7 WAY 1J 

335.35 FAC 10 

383.81 SBS 

778.21 SUZ 

778.77 OKA 

599 WAY 20E 

599 WAY 20J 

789.25 AIK 

778.77 AIR 1 

778.77 AJI 1 

778.77 AJI 2 

橋がなり ; 原作森栗丸 .| 

Ajisai no uta. 3, Karakurenai [videorecording] / 


gensaku Mori Kurimaru.|あじさいのうた. 3. か 

らくれない [videorecording] / 企画・製作総指 

揮高橋がなり ; 原作森栗丸 .| 

Akai kutsu (Bideo show gekijo ; Gekidan 300) 


Akazuyaki : Aichi-ken (Tezukuri no bi, Nihon no 


Akira / directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. 


special edition 

Alive [videorecording] / screenplay by Ryuhei 

Kitamura, Yudai Yamaguchi, Isao Kiriyama ; 

produced by Hidemi Satani with Taizo 

Fukumaki ; directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. 

Director's cut 

ALS Japanese video resource material. Set 3, Arts 

and craft [videorecording] 

ALS Japanese video resource material. Set 5, 

Martial arts [videorecording] 

An American Businessman in Japan = Zainichi 

Amerika Kigyo [English edition] (Faces of Japan ; 


An autumn afternoon [videorecording] = Sanma 

no aji / directed by Yasujiro Ozu ; screenplay by 

Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu.|An autumn afternoon 

[videorecording] = 秋刀魚の味 / directed by 

Yasujiro Ozu ; screenplay by Kogo Noda, 

Yasujiro Ozu.| 

An invitation to tea [videorecording] : one 

encounter, one opportunity = Ichigo ichie / 

produced by Urasenke Foundation ; supervision 

[by] Soshitsu Sen XV. 

An Uncertain Harvest = Nihon no Nogyo 

Dekasegi Nomin [English edition] (Faces of 


Animēshon "Azuki-chan". Kaze to tomodachi! 

Haha no hi no purezento [videorecording] ; Minna 

no uta.|アニメーション「あずきちゃん」. 風 

と友だち! 母の日のプレゼント 

[videorecording] ; みんなのうた.| 

Annual festivities and ceremonies 

[videorecording] : beliefs in daily life = [Nenchū 

gyōji to kankon sōsai : Nihonjin no shinkoshin] / 

planned by Nippon Steel Human Resources 

Development ; produced by Shin-Ei Armz ; 

written and directed by Hajime Funatsu.|Annual 

festivities and ceremonies [videorecording] : 

beliefs in daily life = 

English ver. 

Ano machi kono machi (Kaigai shijo no tame no 

Nihongo gakushu bideo kyozai ; Seikatsu-hen ; N- 


Aragami [videorecording] / directed by Ryuhei 

Kitamura ; produced by Shinya Kawai.| 荒神 

[videorecording] / directed by Ryuhei Kitamura ; 

produced by Shinya Kawai.| 

Arubaitosaki de = At the office (Bideo koza 

Nihongo : shin nichijo seikatsu ni miru Nihon no 

bunka = Cultural video series : new safe and 

sound in Japan ; 2) [videorecording] 

Asakusa Geigiren ozashiki asobi. [1], Ozashiki 

odori [videorecording] / kanshū [by] Chiba Keiji ; 

enshutsu [by] Asahara Sumi.| 浅草芸妓連お座敷 

あそび. [1], お座敷おどり / 監修 [by] 千葉慶 

二 ; 演出 [by] 浅原須美 .| 

Asakusa Geigiren ozashiki asobi. [2], Ozashiki 

asobi [videorecording] / kanshū [by] Chiba Keiji ; 

enshutsu [by] Asahara Sumi.| 浅草芸妓連お座敷 

778.77 AJI 3 

775.1 SAN 

751.155 VPN 

778.77 OTO 

778.21 KIT 

702.1 ALS 

789 ALS 

335.47 FAC 9 

778.21 OZU 

791 URA 

611.91 FAC 21 

810.724 JPF 

NHK(2-3) 

386.1 NIT 12 

361.7 KAI N-10 

778.21 KIT 

385.9 NIC 2 

384.9 ASA 1 

384.9 ASA 2 

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あそび. [2], お座敷あそび [vidorecording] / 監 

修 [by] 千葉慶二 ; 演出 [by] 浅原須美 .| 

Aun de iko! : komyunikeshon no tame no 

Nihongo bideo kyozai = A-un : the video for 

communicating in Japanese ; 1 (Chokairyoku 

kyoka no tame no Nihongo gakushu bideo shirizu) 














communicating in Japanese ; kaito-hen 

(Chokairyoku kyoka no tame no Nihongo gakushu 

bideo shirizu) [videorecording] 

Avalon [videorecording] / directed by Mamoru 

Oshii.|アヴァロン| 

Azumi [videorecording] / directed by Ryuhei 

Kitamura. 

Ballad of youth in Uzumasa : dreams of becoming 

an action movie star = Kyoto Uzumasa seishunfu 

(Shin Nihon tanbo) [videorecording] 

Bamen, Yakuwari wo Ataeta Hyōgen Rensyū. 1 

[videorecording] / planned and produced by 

Purokomu Japan.| 場面・役割を与えた表現練 

習 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and produced by 

プロコムジャパン.| 

Battle for the soul of Honda = Sekai o 

odorokaseta ichidai no kuruma : meishacho to 

tatakatta shaintachi (NHK International video 

library ; Procect X : innovators = Purojekuto X : 


Beck, Mongolian Chop Squad. 1 [videorecording] 

/ script, director, Osamu Kobayashi. 

Beyond the Classroom = Cyugakko no kyoshitsu 

kara [English edition] (Faces of Japan ; 11) 


Bideo koza Nihongo : nichijo seikatsu ni miru 

Nihon no bunka = Cultural video series : safe and 

sound in Japan ; 1 [videorecording] 













Bideo kōza Nihongo [videorecording] 14., 

Nihongo no jesuchā = Japanese gestures / kikaku, 

kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō 

Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 [videorecording]. 

14. 日本語のジェスチャー = Japanese gestures / 

企画・構成氏家研一 ; 制作・発行東京書籍 .| 

Bideo kōza Nihongo. 1, Ukemi = Passives 

[videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; 

seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本 

語 . 1, 受身 = Passives [videorecording] / 企画・ 

構成氏家研一 ; 制作・発行東京書籍 .| 

Bideo kōza Nihongo. 10, Yari morai no hyōgen 2 

= Expressions of "Yarimorai" 2 [videorecording] / 

817.9 AUN 1 

817.9 AUN 2 

817.9 AUN 3 

817.8 AUN 4 l6-4- 

n 

778.21 OSH 

778.21 KIT 

778.3 JAM 1 

810.72 PUR 10 

537 PRO 

778.77 BEC 1 

376.31 FAC 11 

385.9 NIC 1 

385.9 NIC 2 

385.9 NIC 3 

385.9 NIC 4 

385.9 NIC 5 

801.9 BID 

815.5 BID 

815.5 BID Y2 

Bideo kōza Nihongo. 11, Tadōshi, jidōshi = 

Transitive & intransitive verbs [videorecording] / 

kikaku, kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; seisaku, hakkō 

Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 11, 他動 

詞・自動詞 = Transitive & Intransitive verbs 

[videorecording] / 企画・構成氏家研一 ; 制 

作・発行東京書籍 .| 

Bideo kōza Nihongo. 12, Shieki 2, kyoyō shieki = 

Causatives 2, permissive-causatives 

[videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie ken'ichi ; 

seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本 

語 . 12, 使役 2, 許容使役 = Causatives 2, 

permissive-causative [videorecording] 企画・構 

成氏家研一 ; 制作・発行東京書籍 .| 

Bideo kōza Nihongo. 13, Kihon dōshi 2 = Basic 

verbs 2 [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie 

Ken'ichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ 

講座日本語 . 13, 基本動詞 2 = Basic verbs 2 



Bideo kōza Nihongo. 2, Shieki, shieki ukemi 2 = 

Causatives, causative-passive 2 [videorecording] / 

kikaku, kōsei Ujie Kenichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō 

Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 2, 使役・使役受身 

2 = Causatives, causative-passive 2 / 

[videorecording] 企画・構成氏家研一 ; 製作・ 

発行東京書籍 .| 

Bideo kōza Nihongo. 3, Toki no hyōgen 1 = 

Expressions of time 1 [videorecording] / kikaku, 

kōsei Ujie Kenichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō 

Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 3, 時の表現 1 = 

Expressions of time 1 [videorecording] / 企画・ 

構成氏家研一 ; 製作・発行東京書籍 .| 



kōsei Ujie Kenichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō 


Expressions of Time 2 [videorecording] / 企画・ 

構成氏家研一 ; 製作・発行東京書籍 .| 

Bideo kōza Nihongo. 5, Keigo 1 = Honorific 

expressions 1 [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei 

Ujie Kenichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビ 

デオ講座日本語 . 5, 敬語 1 = Honorific 

Expressions 1 [videorecording] / 企画・構成 

氏家研一 ; 東京書籍 .| 

Bideo kōza Nihongo. 6, Keigo 2 = Honorific 

expressions 2 [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei 

Ujie Kenichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビ 

デオ講座日本語 . 6, 敬語 2 = Honorific 

Expressions 2 [videorecording] / 企画・構成氏家 

研一 ; 製作・発行東京書籍 .| 

Bideo kōza Nihongo. 7, Kihon dōshi [1] = Basic 

verbs [1] [videorecording] / kikaku, kōsei Ujie 

Kenichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō Shoseki.|ビデオ 

講座日本語 . 7, 基本動詞 [1] = Basic verbs [1] 

[videorecording] 企画・構成氏家研一 ; 製作・ 

発行東京書籍 .| 



kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; seisaku, hakkō Tōkyō 


Expressions of time 3 [videorecording] / 企画・ 

構成氏家研一 ; 制作・発行東京書籍 .| 

815.5 BID 

815.5 BID S2 

815.5 BID K2 

815.5 BID S1 

815 BID 1 

815 BID 2 

815.8 BID 1 

815.8 BID 2 

815.5 BID K1 

815 BID 3 

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Bideo kōza Nihongo. 9, Yari morai no hyōgen 1 = 

Expressions of "Yarimorai" [videorecording] / 

kikaku, kōsei Ujie Ken'ichi ; sesaku, hakkō Tōkyō 

Shoseki.|ビデオ講座日本語 . 9, やりもらいの表 

現 1 = Expressions of "Yarimorai" 1 



Bikkuribako : a resource video for teaching 

Japanese [videorecording] 

Black Jack [videorecording] / directed by Osamu 

Dezaki. 

Blood and bones [videorecording] = Chi to hone / 

[executive producer Masaaki Wakasugi ; written 

by Yoichi Sai & Wi-Shing Chong ; directed by 

Yoichi Sai].|Blood and bone [videorecording] = 

血と骨 / [executive producer Masaaki Wakasugi ; 

written by Yoichi Sai & Wi-Shing Chong ; 

directed by Yoichi Sai].| 

Boiling point [videorecording] = 3-4x 10-gatsu / 

written and directed by Takeshi Kitano ; executive 

producer Kazuyoshi Okuyama.|Boiling point 

[videorecording] = 3-4x 十月 / written and 

directed by Takeshi Kitano ; executive producer 

Kazuyoshi Okuyama.| 

Boku wa michi desu (Kaigai shijo no tame no 

Nihongo gakushu bideo kyozai ; seikatsu-hen ; 

N5) [videorecording] 

Bokura no natsuyasumi (Kaigai shijo no tame no 



Bondi tsunami [videorecording] / directed by 

Rachael Lucas. 

Brand new Osaka [videorecording] : new breeze 

blowing to Osaka / produced by Osaka Brand 

Committee. 

[English ed.] 

Brand new Osaka [videorecording] : Ōsaka ni 

fuku atarashii kaze / seisaku, chosaku [by] Ōsaka 

Burando Komittī.|Brand new Osaka 

[videorecording] : 大阪に吹く新しい風 / 制作・ 

著作 [by] 大阪ブランドコミッティー.| 

[Japanese ed.] 

Branded to kill [videorecording] = Koroshi no 

rakuin / produced by Kaneko Iwai ; scenario by 

Hachiro Guryu ; directed by Seijun 

Suzuki.|Branded to kill [videorecording] = 殺しの 

烙印 / produced by Kaneko Iwai ; scenario by 

Hachiro Guryu ; directed by Seijun Suzuki.| 

Bridge building pioneers : the story of the longest 

bridge = Otokotachi fukutsu no dorama : Seto 

Ohashi : seiki no nankoji ni idomu (NHK 

International video library ; Project X : innovators 

= Purojekuto X : chosenshatachi ; 5) 


Bunbuku chagama. Hachi katsugi hime (Toru to 

ikue no Nihon mukashibanasai ; 6) 


Bunka [videorecording] Japanese culture video : 

teaching support material / scripted and produced 

by Shelley Graham and Shellie Tancred. 

Bunkei no dōnyū to renshū. 2 [videorecording] / 

planned and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 文型 

の導入と練習 ; 2 [videorecording] / planned and 


Bunraku (NHK International video library 

(Traditional Japanese culture = Nihon no dento 

bunka ; 2) [videorecording] 

Bunraku eno sasoi = The Bunraku puppet theatre 


Bunraku: Sonezaki Shinju - Journey to the Tenjin 

Woods [videorecording] 

815.5 BID Y1 

810.724 TAN 

778.77 DEZ 

778.21 SAI 

778.21 KIT 

681 KAI N-5 

384.5 KAI N-7 

778.271 LUC 

291.63 BRA 3 

291.63 BRA J 

778.21 SUZ 

515 PRO 

388.1 TOR 6 

382.1 GRA 

810.72 PUR 9 

777.1 NHK 

777.1 JPF 

777.1 SON 

Business bachelors = Tanshin funin [English 

edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no 


Business bachelors = Tanshin funin [Japanese 


raifusutairu) [Japanese edition] [videorecording] 

Butoh - Piercing the Mask [videorecording] 

Cardcaptors. 1 [videorecording] / [directed by 

Morio Asaka]. 

Casshern [videorecording] / [directed and written 

by Kazuaki Kiriya]. 

Chatō, tenohira no naka no uchū [videorecording] 

= The cosmos in the hand / [produced by NHK 

International].| 茶陶・手のひらの中のなかの宇 

宙 [videorecording] = The cosmos in the hand / 


Chikamatsu shinju monogatari : sore wa koi 

(Toho Video) [videorecording] 

Childhood in modern Japan = Nihon no kodomo 

(Japan today ; 19) [videorecording] 

Children of the Tribe [videorecording] 

Children's after school life = Shogakusei no afuta 

skuru (NHK International video library ; Japanese 

lifestyle today = Nihonjin no kurashi ; 6) 


Chotto ii fufu [NTSC edition] (Nihongo kyoiku 


Chūgakusei no Nihongo [videorecording] = 

Japanese for junior secondary students / NSW 

Department of Education and Training 

Curriculum Support Directorate, Television 

Oceania.| 中学生の日本語 [videorecording] = 

Japanese for junior secondary students / NSW 

Department of Education and Training 

Curriculum Support Directorate, Television 

Oceani 

Chugakusei no Nihongo = Japanese for junior 

secondary students ; vol. 1 [video] 


Chugakusei no Nihongo = Japanese for junior 

secondary students ; vol. 2 [video] 


Chūkyū dokkai no jugyō:i Gakusei no katsudō wo 

chūshin ni. 1 [videorecording] / planned and 

produced by Purokomu Japan.| 中級読解の授業 : 

学生の活動を中心に ; 1 [videorecording] / 

planned and produced by プロコムジャパン.| 

Chūkyū kōki no jugyō : [bunpō] setsuzoku no 

katachi to hyōgen [videorecording] / Purokomu 

Japan seisaku ; Nihongo Kyōiku Gakkai kanshū.| 

中級後期の授業 : [ 文法 ] 接続の形と表現 

[videorecording] / プロコムジャパン制作 ; 日 

本語教育学会監修 .| 

Chūkyū zenki no jugyō : [Dokkai] Goku no rikai. 

1 [videorecording] / planned and produced by 

Purokomu Japan.| 中級前期の授業 : [ 読解 ] 語句 

の理解 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and 


Chūkyū zenki no kaiwa jugyō . 1 [videorecording] 

/ planned and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 中級 

前期の会話授業 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned 

and produced by プロコムジャパン.| 

Chūkyū zenki no kaiwa jugyō. 2 [videorecording] 

/ planned and produced by Purokomu Japan.| 中級 

前期の会話授業 ; 2 [videorecording] / planned 

and produced by プロコムジャパン.| 

Chūsei no sairei [videorecording] : chihō kara 

chūō e / henshū seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, 

Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, Niunoya Tetsuichi ... 

367.3 WAY 13E 

367.3 WAY 13J 

769 MOO 

778.77 CAR 1 

778.21 KIR 

751.1 NHK 6 

775.1 NIN 

367.61 JAP 19 

367.6 CHI 

384.5 NHK 

810.789 NIH 4 

810.7JR NSW 

810.7 NSW 1 

810.7 NSW 2 

810.72 PUR 14 

810.72 PUR 15 

810.72 PUR 13 

810.72 PUR 21 

810.72 PUR 22 

386.1 TA 4 

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[et al.]].| 中世の祭礼 [videorecording] : 中央から 

地方へ / 編集制作 , 日本ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執 

筆者 , 丹生谷哲一 ... [et al.]].| 

Shohan.| 初版 .| 

Class acts : success stories from the UK Japanese 

class room [videorecording] 

Clean energy = Kurin enerugi (NHK International 

video library ; Preventing pollution in Japan = 

Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 9) 


Common Cormorants in Tokyo [videorecording] 

Contact me, please! = Onegai oshirasekudasai : 

Hiroshima, yomigaeru 55-nenme no dengon 

(NHK International video library ; Genbaku 

kanren bangumi) [videorecording] 

Contemporary Business Japanese 1: Arriving in 

Japan / At the Office / Meeting People / 

Telephone Number [videorecording] 

Contemporary Business Japanese II: Making a 

Telephone Call / Shopping / Visiting I / Visiting II 


Contemporary Business Japanese III: Taxi / 

Subway Station / Bar / Asking the Way 


Contemporary Business Japanese IV: Invitation to 

Lunch / Business trip / Japanese inn / Hospital 


Contemporary Business Japanese V: Golf / 

Business Negotiations / Entertaining Customers / 

Anniversary of the Foundation [videorecording] 

Cooking (ALS Japanese video resource material : 

Nihongo daisuki [repackaged edition] ; set 4) 


Cool drive makers [videorecording] / Rainbow 

juice. 

Cowboy bebop [videorecording] = Kaubōi 

bibappu. 1 / directed by Shinichiro Watanabe ; a 

production of Sunrise, Bandai Visual.|Cowboy 

bebop [videorecording] = カウボーイ・ビバッ 

プ. 1 / directed by Shinichiro Watanabe ; a 

production of Sunrise, Bandai Visual.| 

Coyote ragtime show. 1, Foxtrot [videorecording] 

= Koyōte ragutaimu shō / script by Ryunosuke 

Kingetsu ; produced by Ufotable ; director, 

Takuya Nonaka.|Coyote ragtime show. 1, Foxtrot 

[videorecording] = コヨーテラグタイムショー 

/ script by Ryunosuke Kingetsu ; produced by 

Ufotable ; director, Takuya Nonaka.| 

Craft Japan [videorecording] 

Crafts of Edo [videorecording] 

Cram School = Jyuken Sangyo [English edition] 


Cultivating dreams : college women living alone 

in Tokyo = Joshidaisei Tokyo hitorigurashi 


Nihyonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 

Cultivating dreams : college women living alone 

in Tokyo = Joshidaisei Tokyo hitorigurashi 


Nihyonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 

Cultural Exchange = Bunka Koryu (Japan Today ; 


Cultural Exchange Between America and Japan = 

Nichibei Koryu (Japan Today ; 8) 


Customs and manners : the fabric of Japanese 

society = Nihon no shukan to mana : Nihon shakai 

o orinasu kokoro (Nippon : the land and its people 

= Nihon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 7) 


810.72 JPF 

519 NHK 9 

482.136 JPF 

319.8 HIR 

810.789 CON 1 

810.789 CON 2 

810.789 CON 3 

810.789 CON 4 

810.789 CON 5 

596.21 ALS 

767.8 COO 

778.77 COW 1 

778.77 COY 1 

750.21 SBS 

366.8 JPF 

367.8 FAC 6 

377.9 WAY 2E 

377.9 WAY 2J 

361.5 JAP 18 

319.1053 JAP 8 

385.9 NIT 7 

Cutie Honey [videorecording] = Kyūtī Hanī / 

[directed by Hideaki Anno ; screenplay by 

Hideaki Anno and Rumi Takahashi].|Cutie Honey 

[videorecording] = キューティーハニー / 

[directed by Hideaki Anno ; screenplay by 

Hideaki Anno and Rumi Takahashi].| 

Dai 10-kai Hokubu Junshu benron taikai = The 

10th Japanese language speech contest NT 

division ; 2001 [videorecording] 

Dai 22-kai Nishikawa Senzō risaitaru = Senzo 

Nishikawa the 22th recital / M Entāpuraizu 

seisaku. [videorecording]| 第 22 回西川扇藏リサ 

イタル = Senzo Nishikawa the 22th recital / M エ 

ンタープライズ制作 .| 

Dai 26-kai Zengo Nihongo benron taikai = The 

26th annual Japanese language speech contest : 

National final ; 1995 [videorecording] 







Dai 30-kai NSW-shu Nihongo benron taikai = 

The 30th annual Japanese language speech contest 

NSW division ; 1999 [videorecording] 





31st annual Japanese language speech contest : 

National final. Brisbane 2000 [videorecording] 

Dai 32-kai NSW-shu Nihongo benron taikai = 

The 32nd annual Japanese language speech 

contest NSW division ; 2001 [videorecording] 

Dai 32-kai VIC-shu Nihongo benron taikai. 

Backgraound & Open division [videorecording] = 

The 32nd annual Japanese language speech 

contest VIC division : Background & Open 

division 

Dai 32-kai VIC-shu Nihongo benron taikai. 

Senior A, B division [videorecording] = The 32nd 

annual Japanese language speech contest VIC 

division. Senior A, B division 


32nd annual Japanese language speech contest : 

National final 2001 [videorecording] 

Dai 33-kai NSW shu Nihongo benron taikai = The 

33rd annual Japanese language speech contest 

NSW division ; 2002 [videorecording] 


33rd annual Japanese language speech contest : 

National final 2002 [videorecording] 





33rd annual Japanese language speech contest : 


Dai 36-kai New South Wales-shū Nihongo benron 

taikai = The 36th annual Japanese language 

speech contest New South Wales division. 2005 

[videorecording] / recorded and edited by The 

Japan Foundation Sydney.| 第 36 回 New South 

Wales 州日本語弁論大会 = The 36th annual 

Japanese language speech contest New South 

Wales division ; 2005 [videorecording] 

Dai 36-kai Zengō Nihongo Benron Taikai = The 

36th Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest 

Australian Naitonal Final. 2005 [videorecording] / 

recorded and edited by the Japan Foundation 

Sydney.| 第 36 回全豪日本語弁論大会 = The 

36th annual Japanese language speech contest 

778.21 ANN 

809.4 NT 2001 

769.1 NIS 22 

809.4 AUS 1995 

809.4 AUS 1996 

809.4 AUS 1997 

809.4 NSW 1999 

809.4 AUS 1999 

809.4 AUS 2000 

809.4 NSW 2001 

809.4 VIC 2001-2 

809.4 VIC 2001-1 

809.4 AUS 2001 

809.4 NSW 2002 

809.4 AUS 2002 

809.4 AUS 2003 

809.4 AUS 2004 

809.4 NSW 2005 

809.4 AUS 2005 

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Australian national final ; 2005 [videorecording] / 

recorded and edited by 

Dai 3-ka Nihongo happyokai = 1999 Japanese 

language performance day [videorecording] 

Dai 4 kai Nihongo happyo kai = 2000 Japanese 


Dai 4-kai Nihongo happyo kai = 2000 Japanese 


Daidōgei to misemono [videorecording] / henshū 

seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, 

Amino Yoshihiko ... [et al.]].| 大道芸と見世物 . 

[videorecording] / 編集制作 , 日本ビクター, 平 

凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 網野喜彦 ... [et al.]].| 

Shohan. 

Daigaku de = At college (Bideo koza Nihongo : 

shin nichijo seikatsu ni miru Nihon no bunka = 

Cultural video series : new safe and sound in 


Daigakusei no tame no Nihongo ; dai 1-kan 

(Mokutekibetsu Nihongo kyozai shirizu) 








Daphne in the brilliant blue. Vol. 1, Initiation 

[videorecording] = Hikari to mizu no dafune / 

produced by Daphne in the Brilliant Blue 

Committee ; directed by Takeshi Ikehata.|Daphne 

in the brilliant blue. Vol. 1, Initiation 

[videorecording] = 光と水のダフネ / produced 

by Daphne in the Brilliant Bule Committee ; 

director Takeshi Ikehata. 

Daphne in the brilliant blue. Vol. 2, Reunion 



Committee ; director Takeshi Ikehata.|Daphne in 

the brilliant blue. Vol. 2, Reunion 


by Daphne in the Brilliant Blue Committee ; 

director Takeshi Ikeda.| 

Daphne in the brilliant blue. Vol. 3, Getaway 



Committee ; director Takeshi Ikehata.|Daphne in 

the brilliant blue. Vol. 3, Getaway 



director Takeshi Ikehata.| 

Daphne in the brilliant blue. Vol. 4, Revenge 



Committee ; director Takashi Ikehata.|Daphne in 

the brilliant blue. Vol. 4, Revenge 



director Takashi Ikehata.| 

Daredevil in the castle [videorecording] / 

produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay by 

Hiroshi Inagaki and Takeshi Kimura ; directed by 

Hiroshi Inagaki. 

Dark water [videorecording] / directed by Hideo 

Nakata. 

810.7PR JPF 1999 

810.7PR JPF 2000 

L54-3-PJB 

810.7PR JPF 1999 

386.1 TA 13 

385.9 NIC 4 

377 DAI 1 

377 DAI 2 

377 DAI 3 

778.77 DAP 1 

778.77 DAP 2 

778.77 DAP 3 

778.77 DAP 4 

778.21 INA 

778.21 NAK 

Death note [videorecording] : movie collection 778.21 DEA 1/2 

Death note. 1 [videorecording] = Desu nōto / 

series director, Tetsuro Araki.|Death note. 1 

[videorecording] = デスノート / series director, 

Tetsuro Araki.| 

Death trance [videorecording] / executive 

producers, Kumi Kobata, John Sirabella ; 

778.77 DEA 1 

778.21 SHI 

Decent of the Brutes; Nokemono kitarite (Gekidan 

Yume no Yuminsha) [videorecording] 

Democratic governments [videorecording] Japan / 

produced and directed by Stafford Garner ; 

production company Garner MacLennan Films. 

Devilman [videorecording] / directed by Hiroyuki 

Nasu ; [written by Machiko Nasu]. 

Diary of police post = Koban nisshi [English 


Dolls [videorecording] / directed, written and 

edited by Takeshi Kitano. 

Dorama "Rokubanme no Sayoko". Dai 2-kai, 

"Bōrei" [videorecording]|ドラマ「六番目の小夜 

子」. 第 2 回 , 「亡霊」.| 

Dororo [videorecording] / producer, Takashi 

Hirano ; screenplay by Naka Masa Mura, Akihiko 

Shiota ; director, Akihiko Shiota.|どろろ 

[videorecording] / producer, Takashi Hirano ; 

screenplay by Naka Masa Mura, Akihiko Shiota ; 

director, Akihiko Shiota.| 

Dr. Nagai's earnest prayer = Nagasaki no kane wa 

naritsuzukeru : Nagai Takashi, yomigaeru heiwa e 

no messeji (NHK International video library ; 

Genbaku kanren bangumi) [videorecording] 

Dragon ball. 1, the saga of Goku [videorecording] 

/ produced by Toei Animation. 

Dream window : reflections on the Japanese 

garden = Muso : niwa tono katarai 


Drunken angel [videorecording] = Yoidore tenshi 

/ scenario by Keinosuke Uegusa, Akira 

Kurosawa ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.|Drunken 

angel [videorecording] = 酔いどれ天使 / 

scenario by Keinosuke Uegusa, Akira Kurosawa ; 


Dry field farming = Hatasaku, kaju saibai (NHK 

International video library ; The new technology 

of Japanese agriculture = Nihon no nogyo ; 2) 


Early Summer [videorecording] = Bakushū / 

written by Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu ; directed by 

Yasujiro Ozu.|Early Summer [videorecording] = 

麥秋 / written by Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu ; 

directed by Yasujiro Ozu.| 

East Of Wall Street = Toyo no Wallgai 

Amelikajin Syokenman [English edition] (Faces 


Education in Japan : children and their dreams = 

Nihon no kyoiku : kodomotachi to sono yume 

(Nippon : the land and its people = Nihon : sono 

sugata to kokoro ; 10) [videorecording] 

Eigo Rakugo = Japanese sit down comedy, 

performance in English [videorecording] 

Empire of the passions [videorecording] = Ai no 

borei / produced by Anatole Dauman ; written and 

directed by Nagisa Oshima. 

Ergo proxy. 01, Awakening [videorecording] = 

Erugo purakushī / original story by Manglobe ; 

director, Shukou Murase ; produced by Geneon 

Entertainment, Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc., 

Wowow, Manglobe.|Ergo proxy. 01, Awakening 

[videorecording] = エルゴプラクシー / original 

story by Manglobe ; director, Shukou Murase ; 

produced by Geneon E 

Erin ga chōsen! Nihongo dekimasu. Vol. 1 

[videorecording] / seisaku, chosaku Kokusai 

Kōryū Kikin.|エリンが挑戦 ! にほんごできま 

す. Vol. 1 [videorecording] / 制作・著作国際交 

流基金 .| 


775.1 YUM 

312.1 NAT 

778.21 NAS 

317.7 FAC 4 

778.21 KIT 

810.724 JPF 

NHK(1) 

778.21 SHI 

319.8 NAG 

778.77 DRA 1 

629.21 SMI 

778.21 KUR 

622.1 NHK 

778.21 OZU 

338 FAC 22 

371.3 NIT 10 

779.13 EIG 

778.235 OSH 

778.77 ERG 1 

817.8 ERI 1-PAL 

v 

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流基金 .| 






流基金 .| 


Eureka seven. Volume 1 [videorecording] : 

psalms of planets = Kōkyōshi-hen eureka sebun / 

director, Tomoki Kyoda ; production, Mainichi 

Broadcasting System, Project Eureka, 

Bones.|Eureka seven. Volume 1. 

[videorecording] : psalms of planets = 交響詩篇 

エウレカセブン / director, Tomoki Kyoda ; 

production, Mainichi Broadcasting System, 

Project E 

Everyday Life in Japan = Nichijyo Seikatsu 


Excavation & bridge building technology (NHK 

International video library ; State-of -the-art 

Technology in Japan = Nihon no saishin gijutsu ; 


Exploring fascinating sounds of Gagaku = 

Fushigina neiro : Gagaku ni chosen (Kagai jugyo 

yokoso senpai) [videorecording] 

Families fostering the forest = Oyako daidai, birin 

o sodateru (NHK International video library ; 

Japanese lifestyle today = Nihonjin no kurashi ; 4) 


Fathers at night school = Kyaria appu! ganbaru 

otosan (NHK International video library ; 



Feel & touch Japan : school excursion [video] 


Fighting and recycling waste = Gomi to risaikuru 

(NHK International video library ; Preventing 

pollution in Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi 


Fishing for a future = Oyaji no umi [English 


raifu [videorecording] 

Fishing for a Future = Oyaji no umi [Japanese 



FLCL. 1 [videorecording] / original concept, 

director, Kazuya Tsurumaki ; planning, original 

story, Gainax ; animation production, Production 

I.G, Gainax. 

Foods and meals [videorecording] [Nihonjin no 

shokuseikatsu / produced by NHK 

International].|Foods and meals [videorecording] 

= [ 日本人の食生活 / produced by NHK 


Foreign students in Japan : Dares and Rahman 



Foreign students in Japan : Dares and Rahman 

[Japanese] (The way of life in Japan = Nihonjin 

no raifusutairu) [videorecording] 

Fork in Asia Japan [videorecording] 

Free-lance part-timer = Furita [English edition] 

(The way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no 


Free-lance part-timer = Furita [Japanese edition] 


817.8 ERI 2-PAL 

817.8 ERI 3-PAL 

778.77 EUR 1 

365 JAP 3 

510 NHK 

768.2 JAM 2 

651.9 NHK 

366.29 NHK 

291.093 JNT 

519 NHK 2 

661.9 WAY 17E 

661.9 WAY 17J 

778.77 FLC 1 

596 NHK 

377.6 WAY 3E 

377.6 WAY 3J 

291.09 SBS 

366.8 WAY 4E 

366.8 WAY 4J 


From Swords to Factories = Kulafutoman sippu 

[English edition] (Faces of Japan ; 8) 


Frontier Fisherman = Kokkyo ni Taiji shite 



Fullmetal alchemist. 1, the curse [videorecording] 

/ directed by Seiji Mizushima. 

Furisode no kikonashi (Ichita Hiromi no kitsuke 

kyoshitsu : hannari to kimono bijin) 


Future Wave : Japan Design [videorecording] 

Gagaku [videorecording] 

Gagaku [videorecording] : jūyō mukei bunkazai / 

ensō, Kunaichō Shikibushoku Gakubu ; kikaku, 

seisaku, chosaku, Shimonaka Kinen Zaidan = 

Gagaku : an important intangible cultural property 

of Japan / by the musicians and dancers of 

Kunaichō Shikibushoku Gakubu (Music 

Department of the Board of Ceremonies of the 

Imperial Household Age 

Gakko no ichi-nen (Kaigai shijo no tame no 



Games From the Heart Nagano 1998 


Gansaku, sakura no mori no mankai no shita : 

Sakaguchi Ango sakuhinshu yori (Gekidan Yume 

no Yuminsha) [videorecording] 

Gasshō-zukuri shūraku, Hiroshima Heiwa 

Kinenhi [videorecording] The Gassho-zukuri 

villages & Hiroshima Peace Memorial Monument 

/ [produced by NHK International].| 合掌造り集 

落・広島平和記念碑 [videorecording] = The 

gassho-zukuri villages & Hiroshima Peace 

Memorial Monument / [produced by NHK 


Genbaku no ko [videorecording] / kantoku, 

kyakuhon Shindō Kaneto.| 原爆の子 

[videorecording] / 監督・脚本新藤兼人 .| 

Gengoro [videorecording] 

Gensei kara jōdo e [videorecording] = Discovery 

of the "pure land" / [produced by NHK 

International].| 現世から浄土へ [videorecording] 

= Discovery of the "pure land" / [produced by 


Gensō ni asobu [videorecording] = Escape into 

fantasy / [produced by NHK International].| 幻想 

に遊ぶ [videorecording] = Escape into fantasy / 


Getting to Know Japan Through TAFE 


Ghost in the shell [videorecording] / directed by 

Mamoru Oshii. 

Ghost in the shell 2 [videorecording] : innocence / 

excective producer Mitsuhisa Ishikawa ; script 

and directed by Mamoru Oshii. 

Double DVD special ed. 

Gifu chochin, Hon Minoshi (Tezukuri no bi, 

Nihon no dento kogei) [videorecording] 

Go chi so [videorecording] : Japanese cuisine = 

Gochisō / [produced by the Ministry of 

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheres [i.e. Fisheries] 

of Japan].|Go chi so [videorecording] : Japanese 

cuisine = ご馳走 / [produced by the Ministry of 


of Japan].| 

Ver. 07.03.31 

368.8 FAC 8 

664.35 FAC 16 

778.77 FUL 1 

593.8 ICH 3 

501.83 CIN 

768.2 NIP 

768.2 GAG 

374.4 KAI N-20 

780.69 NAG 

775.1 YUM 

709.1 NHK W4 

778.21 SHI 

810.723 MAC 

713 NHK 3 

721.025 NHK 8 

302.1 TAF 

778.77 OSH 1 

778.77 OSH 2 

589.3 VPN 

596.21 MAF 

vi 

1-Apr-09



Go chi so [videorecording] : Japanese cuisine = 

Gochisō / [produced by the Ministry of 


of Japan].|Go chi so [videorecording] : Japanese 

cuisine = ご馳走 / [produced by the Ministry of 


of Japan].| 

Ver. 07.03.31 

Godzilla : son of Godzilla = Kaijūtō no kessen : 

Gojira no musuko [videorecording] / directed by 

Jun Fukuda.|Godzilla : son of Godzilla = 怪獣島 

の決戦 : ゴジラの息子 [videorecording] / 

directed by Jun Fukuda.| 

Godzilla [videorecording] / directed by Ishiro 

Honda. 

Special 50th anniversary ed. two movies on one 

disc 

Golgo 13 [videorecording] = Gorugo 13 : Kyūryū 

no kubi|Golgo 13 [videorecording] = ゴルゴ 13 : 

九竜の首 / screenplay by Nobuyuki Nakajima, 

Isao Matsumoto ; directed by Yukio Noda.| 

Good-bye Japan corporation (New horizons ; 

Japan) [videorecording] 

Gōsha to ryūkō [videorecording] fūryū to bonodori 

/ henshū seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, Heibonsha ; 

[shippitsusha, Yokoi Kiyoshi ... [et al.]].| 豪奢と 

流行 [videorecording] : 風流と盆踊り / 編集制 

作 , 日本ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 横井清 ... 

[et al.]].| 


Grave of the fireflies [videorecording] / directed 

by Isao Takahata. 

Greenhouse cultivation = Yasai kojo (NHK 

International video library ; The new technology 

of Japanese agriculture = Nihon no nogyo ; 4) 


Group portrait of high-school students = Kokosei 

gunzo [English edition] (The way of life in Japan 


Group portrait of high-school students = Kokosei 

gunzo [Japanese edition] (The way of life in Japan 


Growing up in Japan = Nihon no kodomo (Japan 


Growing up in modern Japan [videorecording] 

GTO : Great teacher onizuka. 1 [videorecording] / 

directed by Noriyuki Abe...[et al.]. 

596.21 MAF A 

778.21 GOD 

778.21 GOD 

778.77 NOD 

336.4 KAT 

386.1 TA 9 

778.77 TAK 

626.17 NHK 

376.41 WAY 5E 

376.41 WAY 5J 

367.61 JAP 9 

367.61 CLA 

778.77 GTO 1 

Gun gun pera pera ; episode 1 [videorecording] 810.789 GUN 1 











Hahaue-sama, Akazawa Yoshio [NTSC edition] 



810.789 NIH 5 

vii 

Hajimeni katachi ariki [videorecording] = Form at 

the beginning / [produced by NHK International].| 

はじめに形ありき [videorecording] = Form at 

the beginning / [produced by NHK International].| 

Hana-bi = Fireworks [videorecording] / directed 

by Takeshi Kitano. 

Hanasaka jiisan. Kaguyahime (Toru to ikue no 

anime Nihon mukashibanashi ; 3) 


Hanshin (Gekidan Yume no Yuminsha) 


Hatsuon no shidō [videorecording] / planned and 

produced by Purokomu Japan.| 発音の指導 

[videorecording] / planned and produced by プロ 

コムジャパン.| 

Hayari sutari no tsurezure ni [videorecording] : 

Kaga yūzen tanjō hiwa = Changes in the fashion : 

a secret birth story of Kaga yuzen / [produced by 

NHI International].|はやりすたりの徒然に 

[videorecording] : 加賀友禅誕生秘話 = Changes 

in the fashion : a secret birth story of Kaga yuzen / 


Healthcare at an elementary school : the role of a 

nurse's office = Shogakko no hoken : hokenshitsu 

no yakuwari (NHK International video library ; 

The Japanese approach to medical service and 

healthcare = Nihon no hoken, iryo ; 2) 


Heavenly creatures descending : Yakushiji temple 

in Nara = Tennin ga maiorite : Nara, Yakushiji 

(NHK International video library ; National 

treasures = Kokuho tanbo ; 3) [videorecording] 

Heian no saijiki : Kyoto Reizei-ke 


Hello! furusato = Haro furusato [English edition] 



Hi hi Puffy Ami Yumi. 1, Let's go! 

[videorecording] / series created by Sam 

Register ; supervising director, Darrell Van 

Citters ; producer, Ashley Postlewaite. 

High and low [videorecording] = Tengoku to 

jigoku / seisaku Tanaka Tomoyuki, Kikushima 

Ryūzō ; kyakuhon Oguni Hideo ... [et al.] ; 

kantoku Kurosawa Akira.|High and low 

[videorecording] = 天国と地獄 / 製作田中友幸 , 

菊島隆三 ; 脚本小国英雄 ... [et al.] ; 監督黒澤 

明 .| 

Himeji Castle & Itsukushima Shrine 

[videorecording] / [produced by NHK 

International]. 

Himejijō, Itsukushima Jinja [videorecording] = 

Himeji Castle & Itsukushima Shrine / [produced 

by NHK International].| 姫路城・厳島神社 

[videorecording] = Himeji Castle, Itsukushima 

Shrine / [produced by NHK International].| 

Historic monuments of ancient Nara : Todai-ji, 

Kofuku-ji, Kasuga-Taisha, Kasugayama primeval 

forest, Gango-ji, Yakushi-ji, Toshodai-ji, Nara 

palace site (World Heritage) [videorecording] 

Hitotsu attemo ii : Making of Hanshin (Gekidan 

Yume no Yuminsha) [videorecording] 

Homestay = Homusutei [English edition] (The 

way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) 


Homestay = Homusutei [Japanese edition] (The 

way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) 


Homon intabyu : Itsuki Hiroyuki : ikoi no toki, 

shisaku no toki [NTSC edition] (Nihongo kyoiku 


Homon intabyu : Itsuki Hiroyuki : ikoi no toki, 

shisakunotoki [PAL edition] (Nihongo kyoiku 

210.25 NHK 1 

778.21 KIT 

388.1 TOR 3 

775.1 YUM 

810.72 PUR 5 

753.8 NHK 

374.9 NHK 

709.1 NHK N3 

386.162 REI 

319.1 WAY 14E 

778.77 PUF 1 

778.21 KUR 

709.1 NHK W1 

709.1 NHK W1 

291.65 ACA 

775.1 YUM 

376.489 WAY 6E 

376.489 WAY 6J 

810.789 NIH 8 

810.789 NIH 8 

1-Apr-09



shisaku no toki [PAL edition] (Nihongo kyoiku 


Homongi to tomesode no kikonashi (Ichita Hiromi 

no kitsuke kyoshitsu : hannari to kimono bijin) 


Hoso Daigaku Video Kyozai - Nihongo Kyoju Ho 

(1) [videorecording] 


(10) - 2 [videorecording] 



























Hosuto famiri no ie de = At home (Bideo koza 




Housewives = Tokon shufu jijo [English edition] 


raifusutairu ; 7) [videorecording] 

Housewives = Tokon shufu jijo [Japanese edition] 


raifusutairu ; 7) [videorecording] 

Hula girls [videorecording] / 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. 

Human Face of Japan - 5 Part Series 


Hyogo rises from the ashes : recovering from the 

great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake [videorecording] 

I live in fear [videorecording] = Ikimono no 

kiroku / produced by Seijiro Motoki ; directed by 

Akira Kurosawa.|I live in fear [videorecording] = 

生きものの記録 / produced by Seijiro Motoki ; 


Ichi-nichi no gakko seikatsu Kaigai shijo no tame 

no Nihongo gakushu bideo kyozai ; seikatsu-hen ; 


Iinkai katsudo Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 

gakushu bideo kyozai ; seikatsu-hen ; N21) 


Ikebana (NHK International video library 


bunka ; 4)) [videorecording] 

Ikiru [videorecording] = To live / produced by 

Motogi Sojiro ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, 

Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by 

Akira Kurosawa.| 生きる [videorecording] = To 

live / produced by Motogi Sojiro ; screenplay by 

Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo 

Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.| 

593.8 ICH 2 

810.72 HOS 1 

810.72 HOS 10 

810.72 HOS 11 

810.72 HOS 12 

810.72 HOS 13 

810.72 HOS 14 

810.72 HOS 15 

810.72 HOS 2 

810.72 HOS 3 

810.72 HOS 4 

810.72 HOS 5 

810.72 HOS 6 

810.72 HOS 7 

810.72 HOS 8 

810.72 HOS 9 

385.9 NIC 1 

367.3 WAY 7E 

367.3 WAY 7J 

778.21 LEE 

367.3 FIL 

216.4 HYO 

778.21 KUR 

376.21 KAI N-19 

375.18 KAI N-21 

793 NHK 

778.21 KUR 

Imaemon xiii : infusing colored Nabeshima ware 

with new beauty [videorecording] 

Imoseyama and Teachings for Virtuous Ladies - 

Scenes from Bunraku. Act 3, Scene 3, The 

Mountain Scene [videorecording] 

Inami chokoku : Toyama-ken (Tezukuri no bi, 


Industrial waste and disposal techniques = Sangyo 

haikibutsu to sono shori (NHK International video 

library ; Preventing pollution in Japan = Nihon no 

kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 5) [videorecording] 

Infection [videorecording] = Kansen / [directed by 

Masayuki Ochiai]. 

Introduction to Japanese classical dance = Nihon 

buyo [videorecording] 

Inu yasha. 1 [videorecording] / directed by 

Masashi Ikeda. 

Island Doctor = Gendai no Akahige [English 


Issun boshi. Tsuru no ongaeshi (Toru to ikue no 

anime Nihon no mukashibanashi ; 1) 


Izumi Kyoka no kusa meikyu (Video Show 

Gekijo ; Hanagumi Shibai) [videorecording] 

Japan - It's Economic Performance 


Japan ""The land of the rising Sun"" : Tokyo & 

Yokohama : Kyoto, Hakone, Okayama & 

Kanazawa [videorecording] 

Japan : The Changing Tradition - ""Rich Country, 

Strong Military"" [videorecording] 

Japan : The Changing Tradition - Revere the 

Emperor, Expel the Barbarian [videorecording] 

Japan : The Changing Tradition - The Meiji 

Transformation [videorecording] 

Japan : The Living Tradition - The Feudal 

Experience Part 1 [videorecording] 

Japan [videorecording] / produced by Michael 

Tear ; directed by Serge Ou. 

Japan Foundation - Moving Towards a Brighter 

Future [videorecording] 

Japan in ruins [videorecording] : Tokyo, the day 

war ended / director, Serge Viallet. 

Japan Inc : lessons for North America : why are 

the Japanese such successful businessmen 


Japan, memoirs of a secret empire 

[videorecording] = Mononofutachi no kioku / 

produced & directed by Lyn Goldfarb, Deborah 

Ann DeSnoo. 

Japan, of tradition and change [videorecording] / 

[produced by National Geographic Society's 

Television and Educational Films Division in 

association with Tak Inagaki Productions]. 

Japan: The Living Tradition - The Feudal 

Experience Part 2 [videorecording] 

Japanese Arts and Crafts = Nihon no Dento Kogei 


Japanese Cooking = Nihon no Ryori (Japan 


Japanese culture and customs = Nihon no bunka 


Japanese culture and customs = Nihon no bunka 


Japanese Customs and Manners = Nihon no 

Fuzoku Syukan (Japan Today ; 4) 


Japanese Economy = NIhon no Keizai (Japan 


Japanese Favourite / Favorite Dishes = Nihon no 

Ryori (Japan Today ; 2) [videorecording] 

751.191 IMA 

777.1 IMO 

524.54 VPN 

519 NHK 5 

778.21 OCH 

769.1 HAK 

778.77 INU 1 

498.1 FAC 15 

388.1 TOR 1 

775.1 HAN 

332.107 SBS 

291.093 DIS 

210.6 MID 

210.58 MID 

210.6 UNI 

362.04 FEU 1 

596.21 NRS 

063 JPF 

210.7 VIA 

336 LAS 

210.5 EMP 

302.1 NAT 

362.04 FEU 2 

750.21 JAP 6 

596.21 JAP 12 

302.1 JAP 1 

302.1 JAP 1 

382.1 JAP 4 

335.21 JAP 15 

596.21 JAP 2 

Japanese for beginners. part 1 [videorecording] 810.789 NHK 1 

viii 

1-Apr-09






Japanese for busy people. 2, The video 

[videorecording] / [education advisor, Association 

for Japanese-Language Teaching]. 

1st ed. 

Japanese for busy people. 3, The video 

[videorecording] / educational advisor, 


1st ed. 

Japanese for senior students = Kokosei no 

Nihongo ; [1] [videorecording] 

Japanese for senior students = Kokosei no 

Nihongo ; [2] [videorecording] 

Japanese for Tourism [videorecording] 

Japanese gestures : [videorecording] talking 

without words 

Japanese graphics now! [supplement DVD] 


Japanese Industry = Nihon no Sangyo (Japan 


Japanese society : in Tokyo and in the country = 

Tokyo no kurashi, chiho no kurashi (Nippon : the 

land and its people = Nihon sono sugata to 

kokoro; 6) [videorecording] 

Japanese technology : a tradition of craftsmanship 

= Nihon no gijutsu : sono rutsu to konnichi 



Japanese Women [videorecording] 

Japan's corporate system : the role of the 

entrepreneur = Kigyokatachi no kokoro ni 

nagareru mono (Nippon : the land and its people = 

Nihon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 9) 


Japan's Industry = Nihon no Sangyo (Japan 


Jin-roh [videorecording] : the wolf brigade = Jinrō 

/ production of Bandai Visual, Production I.G ; 

original story and screenplay [by] Mamoru Oshii ; 

directed by Hiroyuki Okiura.|Jin-roh 

[videorecording] : the wolf brigade = 人狼 / 

production of Bandai Visual, Production I.G. ; 

original story and screenplay [by] Mamoru Oshii ; 

direct 

Special ed. 

Jitsuyo renshu ; 1 : shimyureshon, genjitsu ni 

sokushita renshu (NAFL Institute Nihongo kyoshi 

yosei koza. Bideo shirizu Nihongo no oshiekata ; 

dai 3-kan) [videorecording] 

Jitsuyo renshu ; 2 : bunkei, goi no oyo renshu to 

shite (NAFL Institute Nihongo kyoshi yosei koza. 

Bideo shirizu Nihongo no oshiekata ; dai 5-kan) 


810.783 BUS 2 

810.783 BUS 3 

810.7SR NSW 1 

810.7SR NSW 2 

689T OTE 

801.9 NSW 

727 KOZ 

602.1 JAP 14 

361.7 NIT 6 

502.1 NIT 5 

367.21 LAS 

335.13 NIT 9 

509.21 JAP 5 

778.77 OKI 

810.743 NAF 3 

810.743 NAF 4 

Jizo attracts people [videorecording] 185 JAM 5 

Journey Into Japan - Episode 5: A Women's Place 


Jubei chan : the ninja girl [videorecording] / 

directed by Akitaro Daichi. 

Jugyo fukei (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 



Jugyo, kyogen ""Busu"" [videorecording] 

Kachikachi yama. Yamanba to ushikata (Toru to 

ikue no Nihon mukashibanasai ; 5) 


384.9 ABC 

778.77 JUB 1 

374.7 KAI N-18 

773.9 BUS 

388.1 TOR 5 

Kagemusha [videorecording] = The double / 

directed by Akira Kurosawa.| 影武者 

[videorecording] = The double / directed by Akira 

Kurosawa.| 

Special ed. 

Kaiseki ryōri [videorecording] The kaiseki cuisine 

of Kyoto / [produced by NHK International].| 懐石 

料理 = The kaiseki cuisine of Kyoto 

[videorecording] / produced by NHK 

International.| 

Kamigami to Hotoke no deai [videorecording] = 

The meeting of the gods and the Buddha / 

[produced by NHK International].| 神々と仏の出 

会い [videorecording] = The meeting of the gods 

and the Buddha / [produced by NHK 


Kanji (ALS Japanese video resource material : 

Nihongo daisuki [repackaged edition ; set 1) 


Kansai, the essence of Japan [videorecording] : 

Nihon no essensu wa Kansai ni aru / kikaku [by] 

Kansai Kōiki Renkei Kyōgikai, Kansai Kokusai 

Kōhō Sentā ; seisaku [by] Dentsū, 

Dentsūtekku.|Kansai, the essence of Japan 

[videorecording] : 日本のエッセンスは関西に 

ある / 企画 [by] 関西広域連携協議会 , 関西国 

際広報センター ; 制作 [by] 電通 , 電通テック.| 

[Japanese ed.] 

Kansai, the essence of Japan [videorecording] : 

the essence of Japan is in Kansai / planning by 

Kansai Council, Kansai International Public 

Relations Promotion Office ; produced by Dentsu, 

Dentsutec. 

[English ed.] 

Karas. 1, The prophecy [videorecording] = Karasu 

/ production [by] Tetsuya Kato, Ippei Kuri ; 

original story by Tatsunoko Production ; director, 

Keiichi Sato.|Karas. [1], The prophecy 

[videorecording] = 鴉 / production [by] Tetsuya 

Kato, Ippei Kuri ; original story by Tatsunoko 

Production ; director, Keiichi Sato.| 

Kataku ka shura ka : Seinendan dai 29kai koen 

(Hirata Oriza no Genba ; 1) [videorecording] 

Katashiro kugutsu ningyō [videorecording] / 

henshū seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, Heibonsha ; 

[shippitsusha, Yamaji Kōzō ... [et al.]].| 形代・傀 

儡・人形 [videorecording] / 編集制作 , 日本ビク 

ター, 平凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 山路興造 ... [et al.]].| 

初版 .| 初版 .| 

Kiki's delivery service [videorecording] / directed 

by Hayao Miyazaki. 

Kill! [videorecording] = Kiru / directed by 

Kihachi Okamoto ; executive producer Tomoyuki 

Tanaka.|Kill! [videorecording] = 斬る / directed 

by Kihachi Okamoto| 

Kimono [videorecording] = Kimono / [produced 

by NHK International].| 着物 [videorecording] = 

Kimono / [produced by NHK International].| 

Kintaro. Omusubi kororin (Toru to ikue no anime 


Kiwi tsunami [videorecording] 

Kobutori jiisan. Monogusa Taro (Toru to Ikue no 

anime NIhon mukashibanashi ; 7) 


Kodomo no asobi (Kaigai shijo no tame no 



Kodomo no hi (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 


Kojo no tsuki : Nihon no kkoro (NHK meikyoku 

arubamu : sukuru-ban tokusen shirizu) 

778.21 KUR 

791.8 NHK 

188.36 NHK 2 

811.2 ALS 

291.6 KAN J 

291.6 KAN E 

778.77 KAR 1 

775.1 HIR 1 

386.1 TA 11 

778.77 MIY 

778.21 OKA 

589.211 NHK 

388.1 TOR 2 

361.5049 COZ 

388.1 TOR 7 

384.55 KAI N-11 

386.1 KAI N-8 

767.7 NHK 

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Koken : stage assistants in Kabuki 


Komyunikeshon ni okeru haikei chishiki : 

gakushusha no nizu to bamen rikai (NAFL 

Institute Nihongo kyoshi yosei koza. Bideo 

shirizu Nihongo no oshiekata ; dai 5-kan) 


Komyunikeshon to Nihongo kyoiku : sutorateji to 

tasuku renshu (NAFL Institute Nihongo kyoshi 

yosei koza. Bideo shirizu Nihongo no oshiekata ; 

dai 1-kan) [videorecording] 

Konna toki Nihongo de = Slices of Japanese life ; 

1988 : eki, kissaten, yubinkyoku, konbiniensu 

sutoa [videorecording] 


1989 : Arubaito saki [kaigai-ban] 



1990 : Ofisu [kaigai-ban] [videorecording] 

Kono sei wa ukeiregatashi : Seinendan + Hirosaki 

Gekijo godo koen (Hirata Oriza no Genba ; 3) 


Kotowaza to kurashi (Kaigai shijo no tame no 



Koyubi no omoide (Gekidan Yume no Yuminsha) 


Kurabu katsudo Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 



Kurashi o isho de nokosu : Mizushima-ke no 

Meiji, Taisho, Showa [videorecording] 

Kurosawa : a documentary [videorecording] 

Kusa Meikyuu : Papa Tarahumara 


Kwaidan [videorecording] = Kaidan / directed by 

Masaki Kobayashi ; screenplay by Yoko Mizuki ; 

produced by Shigeru Wakatsuki.|Kwaidan 

[videorecording] = 怪談 / directed by Masaki 

Kobayashi ; screenplay by Yoko Mizuki ; 

produced by Shigeru Wakatsuki.| 

Kyoshitsu katsudo 1, 2, 3 : gakushu komoku no 

teiji kara roru purei made (Video Nihongo no 

oshiekata jissen shirizu ; 2) [videorecording] 

Kyoto & Nara = Kyoto, Nara (NHK International 

video library ; World cultural heritage sites in 

Japan = Nihon no sekai bunka isan ; 2) 


Kyōto, Nara [videorecording] = Kyoto & Nara / 

[produced by NHK International].| 京都・奈良 

[videorecording] = Kyoto & Nara / [produced by 


Languages through movement. Japanese 


Languages Through Movement: Japanese 


Laputa : castle in the sky [videorecording] / 

directed by Hayao Miyazaki. 

Last life in the universe [videorecording] / 

screenplay, Prabda Yoon, Pen-ek Ratanaruang ; 

director, Pen-ek Ratanaruang. 

Leaving the Shipyard = Nihon no Zosen 

Sangyokozo no henka no nakade [English edition] 


Leisure & sports in Japan = Nihon no reja to 

supotsu (Japan today ; 17) [videorecording] 

Lessons for life = Shikanoyama shogakko 



Let's learn Japanese basic 1. Lesson 1 & 2 

[videorecording] = Nihongo kōza shokyū 1 / 

774 JPF 

810.743 NAF 2 

810.743 NAF 1 

817.8 KON 1988 

817.8 KON 1990 

817.8 KON 1989 

775.1 HIR 3 

381.81 KAI N-16 

775.1 YUM 

375.18 KAI N-22 

383.15 SAK 

778.21 KUR 

769 PAP 

778.77 KOB 

810.72 JIS 2 

709.1 NHK W2 

709.1 NHK W2 

810.7SR NSW 

810.7PR NSW 

778.77 MIY 

778.2237 RAT 

336.41 FAC 23 

365.7 JAP 17 

376.21 WAY 18J 

810.789 LET 1(1- 

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produced by The Japan Foundation ; production 

[by] Video Pedic Inc.|Let's learn Japanese basic 1. 

Lesson 11 & 12 [videorecording] = 日本語講座 

初級 1 / produced by The Japan Foundation ; 

production [by] Video Pedic Inc.| 




[by] Video Pedic.|Let's learn Japanese basic 1. 







[by] Video Pedic.|Let's learn Jpanese basic 1. 





















[by] Video Pedic Inc.|Let;s learn Japanese basic 1. 

Lesson 21 & 22 [videorecording]= 日本語講座初 

級 1 / produced by The Japan Foundation ; 








production [by] Video Pedic.| 


[videorecording] Nihongo kōza shokyū 1 / 










Lesson 3 & 4 [videorecording] = 日本語講座初 






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Lesson 9 & 10 [videorecorsing] = 日本語講座初 













[by] Video Pedic.|Let's learn Japanese basic 2 














[by] Video Pedic Inc.|Let's learn Japanese basic 2. 

Lesson 33 & 34 〔videorecording〕 = 日本語講 

座初級 2 / produced by The Japan Foundation ; 

production 〔by〕 Video Pedic Inc.| 





Lesson 37 &38 [videorecording] = 日本語講座初 







Lesson 39 & 40 [videorecordin] = 日本語講座初 






[by] Video Pedic Inc. 



Produced bt the Japan Foundation ; production 



初級 2 / Produced bt the Japan Foundation ; 


810.789 LET 1(7- 

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Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lessons 35 & 36 




Lesson 35 & 36 [videorecording] = Nihongo kōza 

shokyū 2 / produced by The Japan Foundation ; 


Lifestyle in Japan = Nihon no seikatsu (Japan 


Literature ; part 1 (Japan : the living tradition ; 

program 9) [videorecording] 

Literature ; part 2 (Japan : the living tradition ; 

program 10) [videorecording] 

Local healthcare : the role of a public health 

center = Chiiki no hoken : hokenjo no yakuwari 

(NHK International video library ; The Japanese 

approach to medical service and healthcare = 

Nihon no hoken, iryo ; 3) [videorecording] 

Local medical service : the role of clinics = Chiiki 

iryo : shinryojo no yakuwari (NHK International 

video library ; The Japanese approach to medical 

service and healthcare = Nihon no hoken, iryo ; 1) 


Love and honor [videorecording] = Bushi no 

ichibun / [directed and written by Yoji Yamada ; 

co-written [by] Emiko Hiramatsu Ichiro 

Yamamoto].|Love and honor [videorecording] = 

武士の一分 / [directed and written by Yoji 

Yamada ; co-written [by] Emiko Hiramatsu Ichiro 

Yamamoto].| 

Maadadayo [videorecording] = Māda dayo / 

written and directed by Akira Kurosawa ; general 

producers, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Gohei Kogure ; 

produced by Daiei, Dentsu, Kurosawa 

production.|Maadadayo [videorecording] = まあ 

だだよ / written and directed by Akira 

Kurosawa ; general producers, Yasuyoshi 

Tokuma, Gohei Kogure ; produced by Daiei, De 

Machigi no kikonashi (Ichita Hiromi no kitsuke 

kyoshitsu : hannari to kimono bijin) 


Made in Japan : launch of the Sony legacy = 

Machi kojo sekai e tobu : toranjisuta rajio, 

eigyoman no tatakai (NHK International video 

810.789 LET 2(45- 

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810.789 LET 2(51- 

52) 

810.789 LET 2(35- 

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302.1 JAP 11 

910.2 LIT 1 

910.2 LIT 2 

498.16 NHK 

498.16 NHK 

778.21 YAM 

778.21 KUR 

593.8 ICH 1 

547.76 PRO 

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Madlax. 1 [videorecording] / director Koichi 

Mashimo ; produced by Victor Entertainment. 

Manner and Society in Japan = Nihon no Shakai , 

Fuzoku (Japan Today ; 13) [videorecording] 

Marine pastures = Umi no hatake de sakana o 

sodateru (NHK International video library ; 



Mashikoyaki : Tochigi-ken (Tezukuri no bi, 


Mastery of the chef's blade = Hocho ippon 



Mastery of the chef's blade = Hocho ippon 



Meikyoku Album: Itsuki no Komori-uta 


Micro-machine = Maikuromashin (NHK 




Minami e : Seinendan dai 30kai koen (Hirata 

Oriza no Genba ; 2) [videorecording] 

Minna de benkyo : sansu Kaigai shijo no tame no 



Miracle - Chin Kham Yoke [videorecording] 

Miyabi no sekai : Kyoto Gosho (NHK bideo) 


Miyazawa Kenji no Sekai [videorecording] 

Mo hitotsu attemo ii (Gekidan Yume no 


Mochizuki no koma, Ningen damono, Izumi no 

hime : dai 53 kai Nagoya odori [videorecording] 

Moji no dōnyū [videorecording] / planned and 

produced by Purokomu Japan.| 文字の導入 



Momo Taro. Kasa jizo (Toru to Ikue no anime 


Monokurōmu no yakudō [videorecording] : sumi, 

jizai no iro = Vivid monochrome : sumi, colour 

with wills / [produced by NHK International].|モ 

ノクロームの躍動 [videorecording] : 墨・自在 

の色 = Vivid monochrome : sumi, colour with 

wills / [produced by NHK International].| 

Mushanokoji Senke - Atarashii Sedai E 


Mushi-shi. 1 [videorecording] : the cure lies in the 

curse = Mushishi / animation production studio, 

Art Land ; director, Hiroshi Nagahama.|Mushishi. 

1 [videorecording] : the cure lies in the curse 

= 蟲師 / animation production studio, Artland ; 

director, Hiroshi Nagahama.| 

My father, Osamu Tezuka = Inochi : Waga chichi 

Tezuku Osamu (NHK International video library) 


My neighbor Totoro [videorecording] / executive 

director Yasuyoshi Tokuma ; original story, script, 


My neighbors the Yamadas [videorecording] = 

Hōhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun / [original 

comic strip by Hisaichi Ishii ; directed by Isao 

Takahata].|My neighbors the Yamadas 

[videorecording] = ホーホケキョとなりの山田 

くん / [original comic strip by Hisaichi Ishii ; 

directed by Isao Takahata].| 

778.77 MAD 1 

362.1 JAP 13 

666 NHK 

751.132 VPN 

366.8 WAY 8E 

366.8 WAY 8J 

767.51 NHK 

549 NHK 

775.1 HIR 2 

375.412 KAI N-3 

769.1 YOK 

288.45 KYO 

910.268 MIY 

775.1 YUM 

769.1 NIS 

810.72 PUR 4 

388.1 TOR 10 

721.3 NHK 

791 MUS 

778.77 MUS 1 

726.101 NHK 

778.77 MIY 

778.77 TAK 

Nadoya Presents ""Kagome"" [videorecording] 

Nagoya odori shokai bideo = [Japanese style 

dance introduction video performed by 

Nishikawa-ryu] [videorecording] 

Naruto [videorecording] Vol. 1., Enter the ninja / 

seisaku TV Tokyo, Piero ; kantoku Date Yūto.|ナ 

ルト [videorecording]. Vol. 1. Enter the ninja / 製 

作 TV Tokyo, ぴえろ ; 監督岸本斉史 .| 

Naruto, the movie. Ninja clash in the land of snow 

[videorecording] / screenplay, Katsuyuki 

Sumisawa ; director, Tensai Okamura. 

Nations of the world [videorecording] Japan / 

producer Stewart MacLennan ; director Stafford 

Garner. 

Nausicaä of the valley of the wind 

[videorecording] = Kaze no tani no Naushika / 

original story and screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki ; 

producer, Isao Takahata ; directed by Hayao 

Miyazaki.|Nausicaä of the valley of the wind 

[videorecording] = 風の谷のナウシカ / original 

story and screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki ; 

producer, Isao Takahata ; directe 

Nayotake [videorecording] 

Nebuta Matsuri [videorecording] : summer 

festival of Tsugaru = Nebuta Matsuri / scenario & 

direction [by] Masami Murayama ; produced by 

Sakura Motion Picture ; English adaptation 

provided by the Japan Foundation.|Nebuta festival 

[videorecording] : summer festival of Tsugaru = 

ねぶた祭り / scenario & direction [by] Masami 

Murayama ; prod 

Negima! [videorecording] Magic 101., The basics 

of magic / director Miyazaki Nagisa ; animation 

by Xebec. 

Neon genesis evangelion [videorecording] : death 

& rebirth / executive director Anno Hideaki ; 

animation production Production I.G. and Gainax. 

Neon genesis Evangelion preview special 

(Gekkan nyutaipu ; volume 19, number 17 ; 2003- 

nen, 12-gatsugo ; furoku) [videorecording] 

Neon genesis Evangelion renew special (Gekkan 

nyutaipu ; volume 19, number 4 ; 2003-nen, 3- 

gatsugo ; furoku) [videorecording] 

New friendships through Japanese 


New getter robo. 1 [videorecording] = Shin gettā 

robo / original story [by] Go Nagai, Ken 

Ishikawa ; structure & script Shinsuke Onishi ; 

director Jun Kawagoe.|New getter robo. 1 

[videorecording] = 新ゲッターロボ / original 

story [by] Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa ; structure & 

script Shinsuke Onishi ; director Jun Kawagoe.| 



Ishikawa ; structure & script [by] Shinsuke 

Onishi ; director Jun Kawagoe.|New getter robo. 2 



script [by] Shinsuke Onishi ; director Jun 

Kawagoe.| 



Ishikawa ; structure & script [by] Shinsuke 

Onishi ; director Jun Kawagoe.|New getter robo. 3 



script [by] Shinsuke Onishi ; director Jun 

Kawagoe.| 

NHK shukan nyusu [NTSC] (Nihongo kyoiku 


769 NAD 

769.1 NIS 

778.77 NAR 1 

778.77 NAR M 

302.1 NAT 

778.77 MIY 

775.1 KAT 

386.121 NEB 

778.77 NEG 1 

787.77 ANN 

778.77 NEW 

19(17) 

778.77 NEW 19(4) 

063.021 JPF 

778.77 GET N1 

778.77 GET N2 

778.77 GET N3 

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NHK shukan nyusu [PAL edition] (Nihongo 


Night on the Galactic Railroad [videorecording] 

Nihon Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji to 

Kana [videorecording] 

Nihon Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Niji no 

Jukugo [videorecording] 

Nihon no budo = The Japanese budo [English 

edition] [videorecording] 

Nihon no budo = The Japanese budo [Japanese 

edition] [videorecording] 

Nihon no dentō bunka [videorecording] Kabuki = 

Traditional Japanese culture. Kabuki / [produced 

by NHK International].| 日本の伝統文化 

[videorecording]. 歌舞伎 = Traditional Japanese 

culture. Kabuki / [produced by NHK 


Nihon no Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Shi 


Nihon no omise (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 

gakushu bideo kyozai ; sekatsu-hen ; N6) 


Nihon no shiki to gyoji (Kaigai shijo no tame no 

Nihongo gakushu bideo kyozai ; 23) 


Nihon no shokubunka o kataritsuide kita 

shoyudaru no monogatari : shoyudaru seizo no 

zenkotei kiroku [videorecording] 

Nihon no taiko [videorecording] 1997-nen 9-gatsu 

Kokuritsu Gekijō / seisaku Kokuritsu Gekijō.| 日 

本の太鼓 [videorecording] : 1997 年 9 月国立劇 

場 / 制作国立劇場 .| 

Nihon no uta (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 



'Nihon rikai no kagi' : sanpuru-ban = Keys to 

Japan : video sampler [videorecording] / 

[produced by NHK International].|「日本理解の 

鍵」 : サンプル版 = Keys to Japan : video 

sampler [videorecording] / [produced by NHK 


Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Doon 

igi to Dokun iji [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Jukugo 

to Ryakugo [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Jukuji 

Kun [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanji 

no Kakijun [videorecording] 


no Katachi [videorecording] 


no Kotoba 1 [videorecording] 


no Kotoba 2 [videorecording] 


no Kumitate [videorecording] 


no Nakama [videorecording] 


no Oboekata [videorecording] 


no Yomikata [videorecording] 


no Yurai [videorecording] 


to Okurigana [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - Kanwa 

Jiten [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kanji Gakushu - On to 

Kun [videorecording] 

810.789 NIH 6 

778.77 SUG 

811.2 KAI 6-1 

811.2 KAI 5-3 

789 BUD E 

789 BUD J 

774 NHK 

817.5 KAI 6-9 

670 KAI N-6 

386.1 KAI N-23 

583.5 KIK 

768.17 NIH 

767.7 KAI N-1 

302.1 NHK 

811.2 KAI 4-2 

811.2 KAI 6-3 

811.2 KAI 6-2 

811.2 KAI 1-3 

811.2 KAI 1-1 

811.2 KAI 2-1 

811.2 KAI 2-2 

811.2 KAI 3-2 

811.2 KAI 2-3 

811.2 KAI 3-3 

811.2 KAI 3-1 

811.2 KAI 5-1 

811.2 KAI 5-2 

811.2 KAI 4-3 

811.2 KAI 4-1 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bun No 

Katachi [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bun No 

Katachi 3 [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bun to 

Bun wo Tsunagu [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bungo to 

Kogo [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bunsho 

no Kumitate [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Bunsho 

zukuri [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Danraku 


Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Dokusho 

1 (Monogatari) [videorecording] 


2 (Setsumei Bunsho) [videorecording] 


3 (Denki) [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Fukugogo 


Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Gokan 


Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Hiragana 

no Karada [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Joshi 

Jodoshi [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - 

Kanazukai [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kazoeru 

Kotoba [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Keigo 


Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kiroku 


Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kokugo 

Jiten [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kotoba 

no Chigai [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Kotoba 

No Nakama [videorecording] 


Kuwashiku Kaku [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Nakigoe 

Kurabe [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Nippon 

no Ji [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Nyanya 

Punpun [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Oto o 

Tsukamaeru [videorecording] 


Setsuzokugo to Shijigo [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Tegami 


Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Ten, 

Maru, Kagi [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo - Yoku 

Mite Kaku [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Kiso Gengo- Bun no 

Katachi [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Seikatsu - Iroha Karuta 

- Hyakunin isshu [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Seikatsu - Nihon no 

Dento bi [videorecording] 

Nihongo Gakushu Video: Seikatsu - Seikatsu no 

naka no Moji [videorecording] 

Nihongo Japanese for busy people. 1 



[videorecording] / Association for Japanese- 

Language Teaching. 

816 KAI 2-8 

816 KAI 3-6 

815.6 KAI 3-5 

815 KAI 6-8 

816 KAI 5-7 

816 KAI 6-4 

816 KAI 4-7 

817.5 KAI 4-5 

817.5 KAI 5-5 

817.5 KAI 6-5 

814 KAI 4-8 

811 KAI 5-9 

811.5 KAI 1-5 

815 KAI 6-6 

811.56 KAI 4-9 

815.2 KAI 2-4 

815.8 KAI 6-7 

816 KAI 5-4 

813.1 KAI 4-6 

814.5 KAI 3-4 

815 KAI 5-8 

816 KAI 3-8 

814 KAI 2-6 

811 KAI 1-4 

814 KAI 2-7 

811.1 KAI 1-6 

815 KAI 5-6 

816.6 KAI 4-4 

811.7 KAI 2-5 

816 KAI 3-7 

816 KAI 1-7 

798 KAI N-17 

750.21 KAI N-24 

811 KAI N-15 

810.78 BUS 1 

810.78 BUS 1(2) 

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1-Apr-09




[videorecording] / Association for Japanese- 

Language Teaching. 

Nihongo Jugyo no Jissai Vol.7 - Jitsubutsu wo 

Mochiita Jugyo [videorecording] 

Nihongo Jugyo no Jissai Vol.8 - Bunkei no Donyu 

to Renshu I [videorecording] 

Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 31: Nihon e no 

Izanai Synopsis of Japanese Language Education 

Films - Let's Learn Japanese [videorecording] 

Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 32: Keigo sono 

Ichi - Ningen Kankei to Kotoba Synopsis of 

Japanese Language Education Films: Keigo part 1 

- Language and Personal Relations 


Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 33: Keigo sono Ni 

- Aki no Ichinichi Synopsis of Japanese Language 

Education Films: Keigo part 2-A Day in Autumn 


Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 34: Chotto 

Tetsudatte Kudaisaimasenka Synopsis of Japanese 

Language Education Films - Could you give me a 

hand, please [videorecording] 

Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 35: Obaasan 

Totsuzen Kaeru Synopsis of Japanese Language 

Education Films - Grandma Comes Home 

Unexpectedly [videorecording] 

Nihongo Kyoiku Eiga - Lesson 36: Ski wa 

Daisuki Synopsis of Japanese Language 

Education Films - I Love Skiing [videorecording] 

Nihongo kyoiku eiga : chukyu-hen = Visual 

materials for Japanese language education : 

intermediate level ; unit 1 ; segment 1-6 














Nihongo kyoiku eiga : kiso-hen = The educational 

film series for the Japanese language : basic 

level ; unit 1 ; lesson 1-5 [videorecording] 



level ; unit 2 ; lesson 6-10 














Nihongo kyōjuhō wākushoppu DVD 

[videorecording] / Kamada Osamu, Kawaguchi 

Yoshikazu, Suzuki Mutsumi hencho.| 日本語教授 

法ワークショップ DVD [videorecording] / 鎌田 

修 , 川口義一 , 鈴木睦編著 .| 

Nikkō no shaji, Ryūkyū ōkoku no shiro to isangun 

[videorecording] = The shrines and temples of 

Nikko & Shurijo castle / NHK International.| 日光 

810.78 1(3) 

810.72 PUR 7 

810.72 PUR 8 

810.789 KYO 

1(31) 

810.789 KYO 

1(32) 

810.789 KYO 

1(33) 

810.789 KYO 

1(34) 

810.789 KYO 

1(35) 

810.789 KYO 

1(36) 

810.789 KYO 3(1- 

6) 

810.789 KYO 3(7- 

12) 

810.789 KYO 

3(13-18) 

810.789 KYO 

3(19-24) 

810.789 KYO 1(1- 

5) 

810.789 KYO 1(6- 

10) 

810.789 KYO 

1(11-15) 

810.789 KYO 

1(16-20) 

810.789 KYO 

1(21-25) 

810.789 KYO 

1(26-30) 

810.72 KAM rev2 

709.1 NHK W3 

の社寺・琉球王国の城と遺産群 

[videorecording] = World cultural heritage sites in 

Japan / NHK International.| 

[English subtitles ed.] 

Ninagawa Makubesu (Toho Video) 


No nyumon = Introduction to Japanese Noh (Set 

of 2 video tapes ; No towa donna monoka = This 

is Noh ; No ""Izutsu"" = Noh ""Izutsu"" - The 

wooden water well) [videorecording] 

Nobody knows [videorecording] = Dare mo 

shiranai / directed, written and edited by Kore-eda 

Hirokazu ; produced by TV Man Union ... [et 

al.].|Nobody knows [videorecording] = 誰も知ら 

ない / directed, written and edited by Kore-eda 

Hirokazu ; produced by TV Man Union ... [et al.].| 

Noh drama (NHK International video library 


bunka ; 3)) [videorecording] 

Noh Theatre - Embassy of Japan [videorecording] 

Nomura Mansaku : A final ""fox"" = Nomura 

Mansaku saigo no ""kitsune"" ni idomu (NHK 

International video library) [videorecording] 

Nomura Manzo 7 : The spirit and technique of 

Kyogen = Kyogen Nomura Manzo : Waza to 

kokoro [videorecording] 

Oboechao Nihon chizu (Nikku bideo) 


Odate mage wappa : Akita-ken (Tezukuri no bi, 


Odoru hitobito [videorecording] minshū shūkyō 

no tenkai / henshū seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, 

Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, Ōsumi Kazuo... [et 

al.]].| 踊る人々 [videorecording] : 民衆宗教の展 

開 / 編集制作 , 日本ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 

大隅和雄 ... [et al.]].| 


OHP Irasuto Shiito / Sheet 1; Shokyu Bunkei Hen 


OHP Irasuto Siito/ Sheet 2 Shokyu Goi Hen 


Oitama tsumugi : Yamagata-ken (Tezukuri no bi, 


Ojo Media (Toho Video) [videorecording] 

Oku no Hosomichi wo Tazunete - Mori Atsishi 

Michinoku Ko [videorecording] 

Omikoshi wasshoi (Kaigai shijo no tame no 

Nihongo gakushu bideo kyozai ; 12) 


Omoshiro kanji mini jiten ; no. 1 (NHK bideo) 


Omoshiro kanji mini jiten ; no. 2 (NHK bideo) 


On a Wind From the South [videorecording] 

One man's dream of becoming a manga artist = 

Mangaka shibo [English edition] (The way of life 

in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) 


One man's dream of becoming a manga artist = 

Mangaka shibo [Japanese edition] (The way of 

life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) 


Only yesterday [videorecording] = Omoide 

poroporo / general producer Hayao Miyazaki ; 

screenplay & directed by Isao Takahata.|Only 

yesterday [videorecording] = おもひでぽろぽろ 

/ general producer Hayao Miyazaki ; screenplay & 

directed by Isao Takahata.| 

Onna ga shokuba o saru hi [NTSC edition] 


775.1 NIN 

773 NOH 

778.21 KOR 

773 NHK 

773 JPF 

773.9 NHK 

773.9 NOM 

291 NIK 

583.5 VPN 

386.1 TA 5 

810.78 BUN C-1 

810.78 BUN C-2 

586.47 VPN 

775.5 NIN 

915.5 OKU 

386.1 KAI N-12 

811.2 OMO 1 

811.2 OMO 2 

210.12 JPF 

726.1 WAY 19E 

726.1 WAY 19J 

778.77 TAK 

810.789 NIH 2 

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1-Apr-09




OPAL Japanese program [videorecording] 

Optical fiber & information technology (NHK 




Origin [videorecording] : spirits of the past = 

Gin'iro no kami no Agito / animation studio, 

Gonzo ; directed by Keiichi Sugiyama.|Origin 

[videorecording] : spirits of the past = 銀色の髪 

のアギト. English & Japanese| 

Oshiekata no kotsu [videorecording] : kōkai! 

jugyō no subete / Sei Rumi hen.| 教え方のコツ 

[videorecording] : 公開 ! 授業のすべて / 清ルミ 

編 .| 

Oshogatsu (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 


Osutoraria [Australia] Nyu Jirando [New Zealand] 

shochuto nihongo kyoshi honichi kenshu 

(Introducing Japan ; 2000 on air [Japanese 

narration]) [videorecording] 

Otogi zoshi [videorecording] = 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 

[videorecording] = お伽草子 / original story by 

Production I.G and NTV ; chief writer, Yoshiki 

Sakurai ; dire 

Overseas and undersold Japan [videorecording] 

Panda! Co panda! [videorecording] / directed by 

Isao Takahata. 

Paneru o tsukau jugyō. 1, E paneru 


Purokomu Japan.|パネルを使う授業 . 1, 絵パネ 

ル [videorecording] / planned and produced by プ 

ロコムジャパン.| 

Paneru o tsukau jugyō. 2, Moji kādo 


Purokomu Japan.|パネルを使う授業 . 2, 文字カ 

ード [videorecording] / planned and produced by 


Perfect blue [videorecording] / directed by Satoshi 

Kon ; screenplay Sadayuki Murai. 

Performance and Design in Japan = Nihon no 

Geijyutsu (Japan Today ; 10) [videorecording] 

Piecemaker = Pīsumēkā kurogane. 1, Innocence 

lost [videorecording] / directed by Tomohiro 

Hirata.|Peacemaker = ピースメーカー鐵 ; 1, 

Innocence lost [videorecording] / directed by 

Tomohiro Hirata.| 

Ping pong [videorecording] / directed by 

Fumihiko Sori. 

Playful scenery lost : the picture scroll = 

Ushinawareta asobi no fukei : Choju jinbutsu giga 

(NHK International video library ; National 

treasures = Kokuho tanbo ; 5) [videorecording] 

Pollution of the seas = Kaiyo osen (NHK 

International video library ; Preventing pollution 

in Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 


Pom poko [videorecording] / director Isao 

Takahata ; producer Toshio Suzuki ; production 

Studio Ghibli. 

Pòrco rósso [videorecording] / [a Studio Ghibli 

production ; original story & screenplay by Hayao 

Miyazaki ; produced by Toshio Suzuki ; directed 

by Hayao Miyazaki.]. 

810.70271 OPA 

547.68 NHK 

778.77 SUG 

810.72 JIS 1 

386.1 KAI N-2 

810.74 JPF 

778.77 OTO 1 

678.21 FIL 

778.77 TAK 

810.72 PUR 2 

810.72 PUR 3 

778.77 KON 

702.1 JAP 10 

778.77 PEA 1 

778.21 SOR 

709.1 NHK N5 

519 NHK 3 

778.77 TAK 

778.77 MIY 

Potters at work [videorecording] / produced and 

directed by Marty Gross. 

Prayers carved on the rock : Buddha in Usuki = 

Iwa ni kizamareta inori : Usuki magaibutsu (NHK 



Preservation of trees and afforestation 

technologies = Shinrin hogo to ryokka gijutsu 




Princess blade [videorecording] / directed by 

Shunsuke Sato. 

Princess Mononoke [videorecording] / original 

story & screenplay [by] Hayao Miyazaki ; 

production, Studio Ghibli ; producer, Toshio 

Suzuki ; director, Hayao Miyazaki. 

Pulse [videorecording] = Kairo / written and 

directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi ; a Daiei ...[et al.] 

production.|Pulse [videorecording] = 回路 / 

written and directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi ; a 

Daiei ...[et al.] production.| 

Quest for clean air and pure water = Taiki to mizu 




Rachi, yurusarezaru kōi [videorecording] : Kita 

Chōsen ni yoru Nihonjin rachi no higeki / kikaku 

[by] Nihonkoku Seifu Rachi Mondai Taisaku 

Honbu = Abduction, an unforgivable crime : the 

tragedy of Japanese citizens abducted by North 

Korea.| 拉致 , 許されざる行為 [videorecording] : 

北朝鮮による日本人拉致の悲劇 / 企画 [by] 日 

本国政府拉致問題対策本部 = Abduction, an 

unforgi 

Rampo noir [videorecording] = Ranpo 

jigoku.|Rampo noir [videorecording] = 乱歩地獄 | 

Ranma 1/2, the movie. 1, Big trouble in 

Nekonron, China [videorecording] / screenplay by 

Shigeru Yanagawa, Shuji Iuchi, Ryota 

Yamaguchi. 

Rashomon [videorecording] = Rashōmopn / 

screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu 

Hashimoto ; directd by Akira Kurosawa. 

Red beard [videorecording] / directed by Akira 

Kurosawa. 

Red lion [videorecording] = Akage / produced by 

Mifune Toshirō, Nishikawa Yoshio ; screenplay 

by Okamoto Kihachi, Hirosawa Sakae ; directed 

by Okamoto Kihachi.|Red lion [videorecording] = 

赤毛 / produced by 三船敏郎 , 西川善男 ; 

screenplay by 岡本喜八 , 廣澤榮 ; directed by 岡 

本喜八 .| 

Restoran de = At the restaurant (Bideo koza 




Retribution [videorecording] = Sakebi / produced 

by Taka Ichise ; written and directed by Kiyoshi 

Kurosawa.|Retribution [videorecording] = 叫 / 

produced by Taka Ichise ; written and directed by 

Kiyoshi Kurosawa.| 

Rettō no kamigami [videorecording] / henshū 

seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, 

Yamaji Kōzō ... [et al.]].| 列島の神々 

[videorecording] : 竹富島の種子取祭・上川地 

方のイヨマンテ / 編集制作 , 日本ビクター, 平 

凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 網野喜彦 ... [et al.]].| 

Shohan. 

Return to Sandakan [videorecording] 

751.19 GRO 

709.1 NHK N4 

519 NHK 4 

778.21 SAT 

778.77 MIY 

778.21 KUR 

519 NHK 1 

391.61 JPN 

778.21 RAM 

778.77 RAN 1 

778.21 KUR 

778.21 KUR 

778.21 OKA 

385.9 NIC 3 

778.21 KUR 

386.1 TA 14 

392.1075 QUI 

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Returner [videorecording] / [directed by Takashi 

Yamazaki]. 

Rice cultivation = Inasaku (NHK International 

video library ; The new technology of Japanese 

agriculture = Nihon no nogyo ; 1) 


Rikai to teichaku : TPR to nachuraru apurochi 

(NAFL Institute Nihongo kyoshi yosei koza. 

Bideo shirizu Nihongo no oshiekata ; dai 5-kan) 


Ring [videorecording] 

Rinpa, umi o wataru [videorecording] = The 

Rimpa school crosses the ocean / [produced by 

NHK International].| 琳派・海を渡る 

[videorecording] = The Rimpa school crosses the 

ocean [produced by NHK International].| 

Royal Space Force [videorecording] : the wings of 

Honnêamise / original planning, screenplay & 

director, Hiroyuki Yamaga ; annimation producers 

GAINAX. 

Saundo rinyūaru-ban.|サウンドリニューアル 

版 .| 

Running and running for mayor [videorecording] 

= [Chiiki shakai to senkyosen] / producer, 

Masanori Nakasone ; teleplay, Marilyn 

Nissenson ; executive producers, Jonathan 

Donald, Hirohisa Ohta.|Running and running for 

mayor [videorecording] = 地域社会と選挙戦 / 

producer, Masanori Nakasone ; teleplay, Marilyn 

Nissenson ; executive producers, 

Ryukyukoku matsuri daiko : geion no utage 


Sadako's story [videorecording] : Hiroshima 

remembered / directed by Eiji Murata and 

Shinsuke Sakamoto ; producer: Akira Kitade, 

Hideaki Kumai, Hirokazu Kawara. . 

Saibogu 009 supesharu (Gekkan nyutaipu ; 

volume 18, number 20 ; 2002-nen, 12-gatsugo ; 

furoku) [videorecording] 

Saihō no haru [videorecording] : shushōe, shunie / 

henshū seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, Heibonsha ; 

[shippitsusha, Yamaji Kōzō ... [et al.]].| 西方の春 

[videorecording] : 修正会・修二会 / 編集制作 , 

日本ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 山路興造 ... 

[et al.]].| 


Saisho no jugyō. 1 [videorecording] / planned and 

produced by Purokomu Japan.| 最初の授業 ; 1 



Saisho no jugyō. 2 [videorecording] / planned and 

produced by Purokomu Japan.| 最初の授業 ; 2 



Sakai Noriko no yoiko no ohanashi hiroba. Issun 

bōshi. Kachikachi yama. [videorecording]| 酒井法 

子のよいこのおはなしひろば ; いっすんぼう 

し. かちかちやま. [videorecording].| 

Sakai Noriko no yoiko no ohanashi hiroba. Kasa 

jizō. Kaguyahime. [videorecording]| 酒井法子の 

よいこのおはなしひろば ; かさじぞう. かぐや 

ひめ. [videorecording]| 

Sakai Noriko no yoiko no ohanashi hiroba. 

Kintarō. Tsuru no ongaeshi [videorecording]| 酒井 

法子のよいこのおはなしひろば ; きんたろう. 

つるのおんがえし. [videorecording]| 


Kobutori jiisan. Urashima Tarō [videorecording]| 

酒井法子のよいこのおはなしひろば ; こぶと 

りじいさん. うらしまたろう. [videorecording].| 

778.21 YAM 

616.2 NHK 

810.743 NAF 5 

778.21 NAK 

721.5 NHK 5 

778.77 YAM 

314.85 FAC 12 

768.8 RYU 

319.8 NHK 

778.77 NEW 

18(20) 

386.1 TA 3 

810.72 PUR 1 

810.72 PUR 6 

388.1 SAK 3 

388.1 SAK 4 

388.1 SAK 2 

338.1 SAK 5 


Momotarō. Hanasaka jiisan [videorecording]| 酒井 

法子のよいこのおはなしひろば ; ももたろう. 

はなさかじいさん. [videorecording]| 

Samurai assassin = Samurai [videorecording] / 

directed by Kihachi Okamoto.|Samurai assassin = 

侍 [videorecording] / directed by Kihachi 

Okamoto.| 

Samurai champloo. Volume 01 [videorecording] = 

Samurai chanpurū. Volume 01 / director 

Wantanabe Shin'ichirō ; produced by Fuji 

Television.|Samurai champloo. Volume 1 

[videorecording] = サムライチャンプルー. 

Volume 1 / director Shinichiro Watanabe ; 

produced by Fuji Television.| 

Samurai commando mission 1549 

[videorecording] = Sengoku Jieitai 1549 / [written 

by Takeuchi Kiyoto & Matsuura Yasushi ; 

directed by Tezuka Masaaki].|Samurai commando 

mission 1549 [videorecording] = 戦国自衛隊 

1549 / [written by Takeuchi Kiyoto & Matsuura 

Yasushi ; directed by Tezuka Masaaki].| 

International version. 

Samurai pirate [videorecording] = Dai tōzoku / 

executive producers Tomoyuki Tanaka, 

Ken'ichiro Tsunoda ; screenplay by Takeshi 

Kimura, Shin'ichi Sekizawa ; special effects 

director Eiji Tsuburaya ; directed by Senkichi 

Taniguchi.|Samurai pirate [videorecording] = 大 

盗賊 / executive producers Tomoyuki Tanaka, 

Ken'ichiro Tsunoda ; scree 

Samurai saga [videorecording] = Aru kengō no 

shōgai / screenplay and directed by Inagaki 

Hiroshi ; [produced by Tanaka 

Tomoyuki].|Samurai saga [videorecording] = 或 

る剣豪の生涯 / screenplay and directed by 

Inagaki Hiroshi ; [produced by Tanaka 

Tomoyuki].| 

Samurai. 1, Musashi Miyamoto = Miyamoto 

Musashi [videorecording] / directed by Hiroshi 

Inagaki.|Samurai ; 1, Musashi Miyamoto = 宮本 

武蔵 [videorecording] / directed by Hiroshi 

Inagaki.| 

Samurai. 2, Duel at Ichijoji temple = Zoku 

Miyamoto Musashi : Ichijōji no kettō 

[videorecording] / directed by Hiroshi 

Inagaki.|Samurai ; 2, Ichijōji no kettō = Zoku 

Miyamoto Musashi : Ichijōji no kettō / directed by 

Hiroshi Inagaki.| 

Samurai. 3, Duel at Ganryu Island = Miyamoto 

Musashi kanketsuhen : kettō Ganryūjima 

[videorecording] / directed by Hiroshi 

Inagaki.|Samurai ; 3, duel at Ganryu Island = 宮本 

武蔵完結編 : 決闘巌流島 [video recording] / 

directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.| 

Sanjuro [videorecording] 

San-nen tatte, koi [NTSC edition] (Nihongo 


Sanshiro Sugata = Sugata Sanshirō 

[videorecording] / directed by Akira 

Kurosawa.|Sanshiro Sugata = 姿三四郎 

[videorecording] / directed by Akira Kurosawa.| 

censord version, released in 1944. 

Sanshiro Sugata. 2 [videorecording] = Zoku 

Sugata Sanshirō / executive producer Ito 

Motohiko ; script [by] Kurosawa Akira ; original 

story [by] Tomita Tsuneo ; direction [by] 

Kurosawa Akira.|Sanshiro Sugata. 2 

[videorecording] = 續姿三四郎 / executive 

producer Ito Motohiko ; script [by] Kurosawa 

Akira ; original story [by] Tomita Tsuneo 

388.1 SAK 1 

778.21 OKA 

778.77 SAM 1 

778.21 TEZ 

778.21 TAN 

778.21 INA 

778.21 SAM 1 

778.21 SAM 2 

778.21 SAM 3 

778.21 KUR 

810.789 NIH 3 

778.21 KUR 

778.21 KUR 2 

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Saru kani gassen. Tengu no haneuchiwa (Toru to 

ikue no anime Nihon mukashibanashi ; 4) 


Scandal [videorecording] / director, Akira 

Kurosawa ; producer, Takashi Koide. 

Scrapped princess. 1 [videorecording] = 

Sukurappudo purinsesu. 1 / kantoku Masui 

Sōichi ; gensaku Sakaki Ichirō.|Scrapped princess. 

1 [videorecording] = スクラップド・プリンセ 

ス. 1 / 監督増井壮一 ; 原作 [ 榊 ] 一郎 .| 

Second language acquisition and curriculum 


Seikatsu no yutori (Kaigai shijo no tame no 



Seikatsu to aisatsu (Kaigai shijo no tame no 



Sekai ni tsunagaru Nihon no kurashi (Kaigai shijo 

no tame no Nihongo gakushu bideo kyozai ; 

seikatsu-hen non guredo ; N-27) [videorecording] 

Sekai no Dowa - Isoppu Monogatari 1 


Sekai no Dowa - Isoppu Monogatari 2 


Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Bijinesu 

[videorecording] = Japanese architecture around 

the world. The office / a Clark Facilities 

production for Channel 4 Television ; in 

association with NHK International.| 世界の中の 

日本建築 . ビジネス [videorecording] = Japanese 

architecture around the world. The office / a Clark 

Facilities production for C 

Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Geijutsu 


the world. Art spaces / a Clark Facilities 



日本建築 . 芸術 [videorecording] = Japanese 

architecture around the world. Art spaces a Clark 

Facilities production for Chann 

Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Sumai 


the world. The house / a Clark Facilities 



日本建築 . 住まい [videorecording] = Japanese 

architecture around the world. The house / a Clark 

Facilities production for Channel 

Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Supōtsu 


the world / a Clark Facilities production for 

Channel 4 Television ; in association with NHK 

International.| 世界の中の日本建築 . スポーツ 

[videorecording] = a Clark Facilities production 

for Channel 4 Television ; in association with 

NHK International.| 

Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Tabi 


the world. Travel / a Clark Facilities production 

for Channel 4 Television ; in association with 

NHK International.| 世界の中の日本建築 . 旅 


the world. Travel / a Clark Facilities production 

for Channel 4 Televi 

Senior citizen power = Jukunen pawa (NHK 

International video library ; Japanese lifestyle 

today = Nihonjin no kurashi ; 3) [videorecording] 

Seven samurai [videorecording] = Shichi-nin no 

samurai / director Akira Kurosawa.|Seven samurai 

[videorecording] = 七人の侍 / director Akira 

Kurosawa.| 

388.1 TOR 4 

778.21 KUR 

778.77 SCR 1 

807.2 MAC 

379.3 KAI N-14 

385.9 KAI N-13 

302.1 KAI N-27 

991.7 AIS 1 

991.7 AIS 2 

526.335 NHK 

526.7 NHK 

527 NHK 

526.78 NHK 

526.68 NHK 

367.7 NHK 

778.21 KUR 

50th anniversary ed. 

Sharing Japanese technology = Umi o wataru 

Nihon no gijutsu (NHK International video 



Shiko Ito : the melody of the wind onto paper = 

Gaka Ito Shiko (Kobo tanbo) [videorecording] 

Shiko Munakata : master of the wood-block print : 

Horu, Munakata Shikō no sekai [videorecording] / 

produced by Mainichi Film Productions.|Shiko 

Munakata : master of the woodblock print = 彫 

る・棟方志功の世界 [videorecording] / 

produced by Mainichi Film Productions.| 

Shin Nihongo no chūkyū. Kaiwa DVD 

[videorecording] / Kaigai Gijutshusha Kenshū 

Kyōkai hencho.| 新日本語の中級 . 会話 DVD 

[videorecording] / 海外技術者研修協会編著 .| 

Shin Nihongo no Kiso 1 - Fukushu Video 


Shin Nihongo no Kiso 1 - Kaiwa Video 


Shinobi [videorecording] : heart under blade 

Shodō [videorecording] = Calligraphy / [produced 

by NHK International].| 書道 [videorecording] = 

Calligraphy / [produced by NHK International].| 

Shogun assassin [videorecording] / screenplay by 

Kazuo Koike, Robert Houston, David Weisman ; 

executive producer of American version Peter 

Shanaberg ; American version directed by Robert 

Houston. 

Shojotoshi kara no sakebigoe (Video show 

gekijo ; Shijiku Ryozanhaku) [videorecording] 

Shokin kasegi (Video show gekijo ; Minami 

Kawachi Manzai Ichiza) [videorecording] 

Shokyū chūki no jugyō : hanasu koto no shidō 


Purokomu Japan.| 初級中期の授業 : 話すことの 

指導 1 [videorecording] / planned and produced 

by プロコムジャパン| 

Shokyū Kōki no jugyō: Bunkei no rikai to 

teichaku. 1 [videorecording] / planned and 

produced by Purokomu Japan.| 初級後期の授業 : 

文型の理解と定着 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned 

and produced by プロコムジャパン| 

Shokyū no jugyō : Hanashikata to kanji no shidō. 


Purokomu Japan.| 初級の授業 : 話し方と漢字の 

指導 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and produced 

by プロコムジャパン.| 

Shokyū no jugyō : Hanashikata to kanji no shidō. 


Purokomu Japan. 

Shokyū no jugyō : Jugyō to Kōhyō. 1 


Purokomu Japan.| 初級の授業 : 授業と講評 ; 1 


コムジャパン| 

Shokyū no jugyō : Kyōan kentō to jugyō. 1 


Purokomu Japan.| 初級の授業 : 教案検討と授 

業 ; 1 [videorecording] / planned and produced by 


Shokyū no jugyō : Kyōan kentō, jugyō, kōhyō. 1 


Purokomu Japan. 

Shorai = The future [videorecording] 

Sitakiri suzume. Chikara Taro (Toru to Ikue no 


519 NHK 10 

721.9 JAM 3 

732.1 MUN 

810.78 AOT SC 

810.78 AOT S1 

810.78 AOT S1 

778.21 SHI 

728 NHK 

778.253 HOU 

775.1 SHI 

775.1 MIN 

810.72 PUR 11 

810.72 PUR 12 

810.72 PUR 19 

810.72 PUR 20 

810.72 PUR 18 

810.72 PUR 17 

810.72 PUR 16 

366.271QAN 

388.1 TOR 9 

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Sitakiri suzume. Chikara Taro (Toru to Ikue no 



Soil contamination and disposal techniques = 

Dojo osen to sono shori (NHK International video 



Sonatine [videorecording] 

Song of birds and flowers : the world of Atsushi 

Uemura, a Nihonga artist = Kachofuei inochi o 

egaku [videorecording] 

Space firebird 2772 [videorecording] = Hi no tori 

2772 / directed by Suguru Sugiyama ; produced 

by Osamu Tezuka.|Space firebird 2772 

[videorecording] = 火の鳥 2772 / produced by 

Osamu Tezuka ; directed by Suguru Sugiyama.| 

Speaking Japanese: The Farewell Party 


Spirit of wonder [videorecording] = Supiritto obu 

wandā / [excective producer Ryohei Tsunoda ; 

produced by Bandai Visual].|Spirit of wonder 

[videorecording] = スピリットオブワンダー / 

[excective producer Ryohei Tsunoda ; produced 

by Bandai Visual].| 

Spirited away [videorecording] / director, Hayao 

Miyazaki ; producer, Toshio Suzuki ; screenplay, 

Hayao Miyazaki. 

Steamboy [videorecording] / directed by 

Katsuhiro Otomo. 

Steamboy world tour : vapor (Gekkan nyutaipu ; 

volume 20, number 10 ; 2004-nen, 7-gatsugo ; 

furoku) [videorecording] 

Stellvia. Foundation 1 [videorecording] = Uchū 

no suteruvia / directed by Tatsuo Sato.|Stellvia. 

Foundation 1 [videorecording] = 宇宙のステル 

ヴィア. directed by Tatsuo Sato.| 

Stockbreeding = Chikusan (NHK International 

video library ; The new technology of Japanese 

agriculture = Nihon no nogyo ; 3) 


Stray dog = Norainu [videorecording] / directed 

by Akira Kurosawa.|Stray dog = 野良犬 

[videorecording] / directed by Akira Kurosawa.| 

Suiboku, tenchi no shinshō [videorecording] = 

Japanese ink painting. a mental image of the 

world / [produced by NHK International].| 水墨・ 

天地の心象 [videorecording] = Japanese ink 

painting. a mental image of the world / [produced 

by NHK International].| 

Sydney at war : the untold story [videorecording] / 

directed by Claude Gonzalez. 

Synthetic organic chemicals = Gosei yuki kagaku 

busshitsu (NHK International video library ; 

Preventing pollution in Japan = Nihon no kankyo 

osen boshi gijutsu ; 7) [videorecording] 

Takeshis' [videorecording] / written, edited and 

directed by Takeshi Kitano ; produced by 

Masayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida. 

Tales from Earthsea [videorecording] / screenplay 

written by Goro Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa ; 

production, Studio Ghibli ; producer, Toshio 

Suzuki ; director, Goro Miyazaki. 

2 disc limited ed. 

Tanoshii gakko (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 



Tea ceremony = Cha no yu (NHK International 

video library (Traditional Japanese culture = 

Nihon no dento bunka ; 5)) [videorecording] 

388.1 TOR 9 

519 NHK 6 

778.21 KIT 

721.9 JAM 6 

778.77 SUG 

817.8 VIC l35-pj 

778.77 SPI 

778.77 MIY 

778.77 OTO 

778.77 NEW 

20(10) 

778.77 STE 1 

642.1 NHK 

778.21 KUR 

721.3 NHK 4 

271.5 GON 

519 NHK 7 

778.21 KIT 

778.77 MIY 

376.21 KAI N-4 

791 NHK 

Teaching Hiragana in 48 Minutes 


Technical innovation in household appliances = 

Seikatsu o kaeru denshi kiki (NHK International 

video library ; State-of -the-art Technology in 

Japan = Nihon no saishin gijutsu ; 4) 


Tenchi muyo! Ryo ohki. [Season 3]-1, Here 

comes the bride! [videorecording] = Tenchi 

muyō! Ryōki. Dai 3-ki 1 / director, Kenichi ; 

produced by Nippon Television, Vap.|Tenchi 

muyo! Ryo ohki. [Season 3]-1, Here comes the 

bride! [videorecording] = 天地無用 ! 魎皇鬼 . 第 

三期 1 / director, Kenichi Yatagai ; produced by 

Nippon Television, Vap.| 

Tetsujin 28 [videorecording] = Tetsujin 28-gō / 

directed by Shin Togashi.|Tetsujin 28 

[videorecording] = 鉄人 28 号 / directed by Shin 

Togashi.| 

The 29th Annual Japanese Language Speech 

Contest; Australian National Final 1998 


The 47 ronin [videorecording] / produced by 

Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi 

Inagaki ; screenplay by Toshio Yasumi ; directed 

by Hiroshi Inagaki. 

The art of bonsai ; part one : informal upright 

style (The complete guide series) [videorecording] 

The art of Japanese cooking ; vol. 1 


The art of Japanese cooking ; vol. 2 


The bad sleep well [videorecording] = Warui 

yatsu hodo yoku nemuru / produced by Tomoyuki 

Tanaka and Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay by 

Hideo Oguni ... [et al.] ; directed by Akira 

Kurosawa.|The bad sleep well [videorecording] = 

悪い奴ほどよく眠る / produced by Tomoyuki 

Tanaka and Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay by 

Hideo Oguni ... [et al.] ; direct 

The bullet train [videorecording] = Shinkansen 

dai-bakuha / directed by Junya Sato.|The bullet 

train [videorecording] = 新幹線大爆破 / directed 

by Junya Sato.| 

The castle of Cagliostro [videorecording] / 


The cat returns [videorecording] / project concept 

by Hayao Miyazaki ; production Studio Ghibli ; 

director Hiryoyuki Morita. 

The day of a female entrepreneur = Josei shacho 

no hibi [English edition] (The way of life in Japan 


The day of a female entrepreneur = Josei shacho 

no hibi [Japanese edition] (The way of life in 

Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) 


The Edo Stage - Kabuki and Bunraku 


The eel [videorecording] = Unagi / directed by 

Shohei Imamura. 

The experimental films [videorecording] / 

[directed by Osamu Tezuka]. 

The failed amtition of Masamune : Zuiganji 

temple in Matsushima = Masamune, yabo no 

hate : Matsushima Zuiganji (NHK International 

video library ; National treasures = Kokuho 

tanbo ; 6) [videorecording] 

The family life of a ""salaryman"" = Sarariman 

ikka no Nichiyobi [English edition] (The way of 

life in Japan = Nihon jin no raifusutairu) 


The family life of a ""salaryman"" = Sarariman 

ikka no Nichiyobi [Japanese edition] (The way of 

811.5 QUA 

545.88 NHK 

778.77 TEN 3(1) 

778.21 TOG 

809.4 AUS 1998 

778.21 INA 

627.8 DIN 

596.21 DEK 1 

596.21 DEK 2 

778.21 KUR 

778.21 SAT 

778.77 MIY 

778.77 MOR 

335.13 WAY 16E 

335.13 WAY 16J 

772.1 EDO 

778.21 IMA 

778.77 TEZ 

709.1 NHK N6 

367.3 WAY 9E 

367.3 WAY 9J 

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life in Japan = Nihon jin no raifusutairu) 


The Fashion Model = Fassyon Moderu [Englsih 


The final performance : Chikuzan Takahashi = 

Tsugaru jamisen Takahashi Chikuzan no chosen 


The Forests and the Fish [videorecording] 

The forgotten force [videorecording] 

The fourth generation in Hokkaido = Boku wa 

kaitaku yondaime [English edition] (The way of 



The fourth generation in Hokkaido = Boku wa 

kaitaku yondaime [Japanese edition] (The way of 



The gift from Beate [videorecording] / executive 

producer, Akamatsu Ryoko, Iwata Kimie, Ochiai 

Ryo ; written & directed by Fujiwara Tomoko. 

The Gray-Faced Buzzard Eagle: Wings Across the 

Sea [videorecording] 

The grudge ju-on [videorecording] 

The Hanawa Family - A Japanese Family Nihon 

no Kazoku [videorecording] 

The hidden blade [videorecording] = Kakushi ken 

oni no tsume / directed by Yoji Yamada ; 

screenplay by Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama ; 

executive producer Sakomoto Junichi.|Hidden 

blade [videorecording] = 隠し剣鬼の爪 / directed 

by Yoji Yamada ; screenplay by Yoji Yamada, 

Yoshitaka Asama ; executive producer Sakomoto 

Junichi.| 

The hidden fortress [videorecording] / directed by 

Akira Kurosawa. 

The house of God : Oura chathedral in Nagasaki = 

Deusu no mido : Nagasaki, Oura tenshudo (NHK 



The idiot [videorecording] = Hakuchi / directed 

by Kurosawa Akira ; screenplay by Hisaita Eijiro 

and Kurosawa Akira.|The idiot [videorecording] = 

白痴 / directed by Kurosawa Akira ; screenplay 

by Hisaita Eijiro and Kurosawa Akira.| 

The incident at blood pass [videorecording] = 

Machibuse / produced by Mifune Toshiro & 

Nishikawa Yoshio ; screenplay [by] Fujiki Kyu ... 

[et al.] ; directed by Inagaki Hiroshi.|The incident 

at blood pass [videorecording] = 待ち伏せ / 

produced by Mifune Toshiro & Nishikawa 

Yoshio ; screenplay [by] Fujiki Kyu ... [et al.] ; 

directed by I 

The Japan : Tokyo to Taiwan (Lonely planet : the 

experience) [videorecording] 

The Japan Foundation, Sydney 10th anniversary 

special forum [videorecording] 

The Japanese and nature : friends or foes = 

Nihonjin no shizen : kurashi n naka no shizenkan 



The Japanese businessman : the fighting spirit 

within the Group etthsc = Nihon no bijinesuman : 

shudan no naka de no ""ganbari"" no kokoro 



The Japanese family : the lifestyle of the 

businessman = Nihon no katei seikatsu : daitokai 

no sarariman setai (Nippon : the land and its 

people = Nihon : sono sugata to kokoro ; 3) 


589.2 FAC 14 

768.11 JAM 7 

663.96 FIS 

210.762 FIL 

611.91 WAY 10E 

611.91 WAY 10J 

289.53 GOR 

488.7 JPF 

778.21 SHI 

367 JPF 

778.21 KOB 

778.21 KUR 

709.1 NHK N2 

778.21 KUR 

778.21 INA 

291.093 LON 

063.0271 JPF 

163.1 NIT 8 

361.84 NIT 2 

367.3 NIT 3 

The Japanese way of life [videorecording] 

The JET Programme - Welcome to Japan 


The killing machine [videorecording] / screenplay 

by Isao Matsumoto ; directed by Noribumi Suzuki 

= Shōrinji kenpō / kyakuhon [by] Matsumoto 

Isao ; kantoku [by] Suzuki Noribumi.|The killing 

machine [videorecording] / screenplay by Isao 

Matsumoto ; directed by Noribumi Suzuki = 少林 

寺拳法 / 脚本 [by] 松本功 ; 監督 [by] 鈴木則 

文 .| 

The lineage of technology [videorecording] : in 

search of 'Japan originals' / produced by BS 

Asahi, TDK. 

[English ed.] 

The lovers' exile [videorecording] / produced and 

directed by Marty Gross. 

The lower depth [videorecording] = Donzoko / 

produced by Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay by 

Hideo Oguni and Akira Kurosawa ; directed by 

Akira Kurosawa.|The lower depth 

[videorecording] = どん底 / produced by Akira 

Kurosawa ; screenplay by Hideo Oguni and Akira 

Kurosawa ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.| 

The Mentality of Japanese People 


The Miracle of Tsubosaka Temple 


The Neputa Painter = Neputa Eshi [English 


The New Generation = Nihon no Wakamono 



362.1 AIM 

319.1 JET 

778.21 SUZ 

750 TDK E 

777.1 GRO 

778.21 KUR 

361.42 JPF 

777.1 TSU 

386.8121 FAC 2 

367.68 FAC 5 

The New Japanese Episode 1 [videorecording] 302.1 NEW 1 

The New Japanese Episode 2 [videorecording] 302.1 NEW 2 

The Other Shadow - Dance By Chin Kham Yoke 


The Past Returns - Traditional Architecture 


The quiet duel [videorecording] = Shizukanaru 

kettō / [written by Kazuo Kikuta, Akira Kurosawa 

and Senkichi Taniguchi ; directed by Akira 

Kurosawa].|The quiet duel [videorecording] = 靜 

かなる決鬪 / [written by Kazuo Kikuta, Akira 

Kurosawa and Senkichi Taniguchi ; directed by 

Akira Kurosawa].| 

The Sacred Land = Tochi eno Aichaku [English 


The shrines and temples of Nikko & Shurijo 

Castle [videorecording] / [produced by NHK 

International]. 

The Silent Question - The Fourth Season 


The song master's apprentice : a lesson in 

Japanese folk songs = Ima ""Kobushi"" ni kakeru 


The Story of Noriko = Noriko no Baai [English 


The street fighter's last revenge [videorecording] = 

Gyakushū! satsujin-ken / directed by Shigehiro 

Ozawa ; produced by Norimichi Matsudaira ; 

screenplay by Koji Takada, Masahiro 

Shimura.|The street fighter's lanst revenge 

[videorecording] = 逆襲 ! 殺人拳 / directed by 

Shigehiro Ozawa ; produced by Norimichi 

Matsudaira ; screenplay by Ko 

The sword of doom [videorecording] = 

Daibosatsu tōge / executive producers, Sanezumi 

Fujimoto, Masayuki Sato, Kaneharu Minamizato ; 

screenplay by Shinobu Hashimoto ; directed by 

769.1 YOK 

521.86 YOK 

778.21 KUR 

611.91 FAC 7 

709.1 NHK W3 

367.7 SBS 

767.51 JAM 8 

367.21 FAC 1 

778.21 OZA 

778.21 OKA 

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Kihachi Okamoto.|The sword of doom 

[videorecording] = 大菩薩峠 / executive 

producers, Sanezumi Fujimoto, Masayuki Sato, 

Kaneharu Minamizato ; screenplay by Shi 

The taste of Japan [videorecording] a tradition of 

hospitality = [Nihon no aji : sono dentō to 

motenashi no kokoro / planned by Nippon Steel 

Human Resources Development ; produced by 

Shin-Ei Armz ; directed by Toru Mashiko].|The 

taste of Japan [videorecording] : a tradition of 

hospitality = [ 日本の味 : その伝統ともてなし 

の心 / planned by Nippon S 

English ver. 

The twilight samurai [videorecording] / directed 

by Yoji Yamada. 

The way of tea = Ocha no michishirube 


Tokushū bon'odori [videorecording] / kikaku [by] 

Kingu Rekōdo ; seisaku, chosaku [by] Emu-Tī- 

Āru Eizō.| 特集日本の盆踊り [videorecording] / 

企画 [by] キングレコード ; 制作・著作 [by] エ 

ムティーアール映像 .| 

Tōkyō biyori [videorecording] / Takenaka Naoto 

kantoku ; Iwamatsu Ryō kyakuhon.| 東京日和 

[videorecording] / 竹中直人監督 ; 岩松了脚本 .| 

Tokyo city guide [videorecording] / produced by 

Pilot Film and Television Productions. 

Tokyo drifter [videorecording] = Tōkyō 

nagaremono / story and scenario by Yasunori 

Kawauchi ; directed by Seijun Suzuki.|Tokyo 

drifter [videorecording] = 東京流れ者 / story and 

scenario by Yasunori Kawauchi ; directed by 

Seijun Suzuki.| 

Tokyo godfathers [videorecording] / directed by 

Satoshi Kon. 

Tokyo story [videorecording] = Tōkyō 

monogatari / directed by Yasujiro Ozu ; 

screenplay by Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu.|Tokyo 

story [videorecording] = 東京物語 / directed by 

Yasujiro Ozu ; screenplay Kogo Noda, Yasujiro 

Ozu.| 

Tokyo techno tribes [videorecording] 

Tōkyō・kawariyuku shuto [videorecording] = 

Tōkyō: the changing metropolis / [produced by 

NHK International].| 東京・変りゆく首都 

[videorecording] = Tōkyō: the changing 

metropolis / [produced by NHK International].| 

Tokyo's traditional skills = Ima ni nokoru dento 

no waza (NHK International video library ; 



Tomihari Woodblock Exhibition [videorecording] 

Tony Takitani [videorecording] = Tonī Takitani / 

Written and directed by Ichikawa Jun.|Tony 

Takitani [videorecording] = トニー滝谷 / written 

and directed by 市川準 .| 

Toshi no shukusai [videorecording] kabuku 

minshū / henshū seisaku, Nihon Bikutā, 

Heibonsha ; [shippitsusha, Hattori Yukio ... [et 

al.]].| 都市の祝祭 [videorecording] : かぶく民衆 

/ 編集制作 , 日本ビクター, 平凡社 ; [ 執筆者 , 服 

部幸雄 ... [et al.]].| 


Toshiharu Kano : creating nature on paper = 

Washi kogeika Kano Toshiharu (Kobo tanbo) 


Traditional Arts and Crafts of Japan = Nihon no 

Dento Kogei (Japan Today ; 16) [videorecording] 

Traditional culture = Dentō bunka 


383.81 NIT 4 

778.77 YAM 

791 JPF 

386.81 TOK 

778.21 TAK 

291.36 GLO 

778.21 SUZ 

778.77 KON 

778.21 OZU 

361.5 CAS 

213.6 NHK 9 

750.21 NHK 

733 TOM 

778.21 ICH 

386.1 TA 10 

585.6 JAM 4 

702.1 JAP 16 

302.1 JAP 20 

Train of thought : the story of the Shinkansen = 

Shunen ga unda Shinkansen : royu 90-sai, hikoki 

ga sugata o kaeta (NHK International video 



Truck driver's night and day = Chuya hashiri 

tsuzukeru torakku doraiba (NHK International 

video library ; Japanese lifestyle today = Nihonjin 

no kurashi ; 10) [videorecording] 

Tsugarunuri : Aomori-ken (Tezukuri no bi, Nihon 

no dento kogei) [videorecording] 

Ukiyoe no onna-tachi [videorecording] = Women 

in Ukiyo-e / [produced by NHK International].| 浮 

世絵の女たち [videorecording] = Women in 

Ukiyo-e [produced by NHK International].| 

Undokai (Kaigai shijo no tame no Nihongo 



University students = Daigakusei shokun [English 



University students = Daigakusei shokun 



Unspoilt nature where the firefly lives = Hotaru 

no sumu shizen o torimodoso (NHK International 

video library ; Preventing pollution in Japan = 

Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 8) 


Urashima Taro. Nezumi no yomeiri (Toru to Ikue 

no anime Nihon mukashibanashi ; 8) 


Utsukushiku Yutakana Kotoba wo Mezashite 


Vampire hunter D [videorecording] / directed by 

Yoshiaki Kawajiri ; animation production [by] 

Madhouse. 

Versus [videorecording] / directed by Ryuhei 

Kitamura ; screenplay by Ryuhei Kitamura, Yudai 

Yamaguchi. 

Video Kiko - Oku no Hosomichi Vol.1 


Video Kiko - Oku no Hosomichi Vol.2 


Violent cop [videorecording] = Sono otoko kyōbō 

ni tsuki / producer Kazuyoshi Okuyama ; 

screenplay Hisashi Nozawa ; director Takeshi 

Kitano.|Violent cop [videorecording] = その男 , 

凶暴につき / producer Kazuyoshi Okuyama ; 

screenplay Hisashi Nozawa ; director Takeshi 

Kitano.| 

Voices of young Japan = Nihon no wakamono wa 

ima [videorecording] 

Wadaiko o manabu [videorecording] / kikaku 

kōsei [by] Kankyō Wadaiko Gurūpu 21 ; shidō 

[by] Itaya Hiroya.| 和太鼓を学ぶ / 企画・構成 

[by] 環境和太鼓グループ 21 ; 指導 [by] 板谷弘 

也 .| 

Waga uruwashi no tomo [NTSC edition] 



Wakuwaku hiragana. 1, A - No [videorecording] / 

Tanaka Seinosuke kanshū ; Gakushū Kenkyūsha 

seisaku.|わくわくひらがな ; 1, あ~の [video 

recording] / 田中清之助監修 ; 学習研究社製 

作 .| 

Shinteiban.| 新訂版 .| 

Wakuwaku hiragana. 2, Ha - N [videorecording] / 

Tanaka Seinosuke kanshū ; Gakushū Kenkyūsha 

seisaku.|わくわくひらがな ; 2, は~ん 

[videorecording] / 田中清之助監修 ; 学習研究 

社製作 .| 

546 PRO 

685.6 NHK 

752 VPC 

721.8 NHK 7 

374.48 KAI N-9 

377.9 WAY 11E 

377.9 WAY 11J 

519 NHK 8 

388.1 TOR 8 

810.4 UTS 1989 

778.77 KAW 

778.21 KIT 

915.5 OKU 1 

915.5 OKU 2 

778.21 KIT 

367.68 JPF 

768.17 WAD 

810.789 NIH 1 

811.5 WAK 2nd-1 

811.5 WAK 2nd-2 

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Shinteiban.| 新訂版 .| 

Wakuwaku katakana [videorecording] / Tanaka 

Seinosuke kanshū ; Gakushū Kenkyūsha seisaku.| 

わくわくカタカナ [videorecording] / 田中清之 

助監修 ; 学習研究社製作 .| 

Shinsōban| 新装版 .| 

Warabe uta, asobi uta (Kaigai shijo no tame no 



Watch, read & wrhite video kana course 


Weddings in Japan = Kekkon shinjijo [English 



Weddings in Japan = Kekkon shinjijo [Japanese 



Weekend farmers = Kyujitsu wa hongyo no 

komezukuri (NHK International video library ; 



Whisper of the heart [videorecording] / director 

Yoshifumi Kondo ; general producer Hayao 

Miyazaki ; production Studio Ghibli. 

Why learn a language [videorecording] 

Wild zero [videorecording] / [directed by Tetsuro 

Takeuchi ; written by Tetsuro Takeuchi, Satoshi 

Takagi]. 

With a brush between my toe : Okinawa : the days 

of Hiroko Kimura [videorecording] 

Woman Soldier = Josei Jieitaiin Kunren ni 

Akekurete [English edition] (Faces of Japan ; 18) 


Wood block Prints [videorecording] 

Working for urban fashion trends = Ryuko o 

tsukuru wakamono (NHK International video 

library ; Japanese lifestyle today = Nihonjin no 


Working together (Family ; Japan) 


Working women : personal and social goals = 

Hataraku joseitachi : ikigai o motomete (Nippon : 

the land and its people = Nippon : sono sugata to 

kokoro ; 11) [videorecording] 

Yakuza deka. 1, Secret police [videorecording] / 

screenplay by Fumio Kounami & Yukio Noda ; 

directed by Yukio Noda = Yakuza deka / 

kyakuhon [by] Kōnami Fumio [&] Noda Yukio ; 

kantoku [by] Noda Yukio.|Yakuza deka. 1, Secret 

police [videorecording] / screenplay by Fumio 

Kounami & Yukio Noda ; directed by Yukio 

Noda = やくざ刑事 / 脚本 [by] 

Yakuza deka. 2, The assassin [videorecording] / 

screenplay by Fumio Kounami & Yukio Noda ; 

directed by Yukio Noda = Yakuza deka : marifana 

mitsubai soshiki / kyakuhon [by] Kōnami Fumio 

[&] Noda Yukio ; kantoku [by] Noda 

Yukio.|Yakuza deka. 2, The assassin 

[videorecording] / screenplay by Fumio Kounami 

& Yukio Noda ; directed by Yuk 

Yojimbo [videorecording] / directed by Akira 

Kurosawa. 

Yokohama toriennare [triennale] 2001 : Kokusai 

gendai bijutsu ten (Introducing Japan ; 2000 on air 

[Japanese narration]) [videorecording] 

811.5 WAK 

384.55 KAI N-25 

811.5 KNI 

385.4 WAY 12E 

385.4 WAY 12J 

611.74 NHK 

778.77 KON 

807 VIC 

778.21 TAK 

281 KIM 

396.21 FAC 18 

733 TOM 

361.78 NHK 

367.3 OLI 

366.38 NIT 11 

778.21 YAK 1 

778.21 YAK 2 

778.21 KUR 

706.902137 JPF 

Yoku wakarimashita ; ge (Nihongo kyoiku eizo 

kyozai ; shokyu-hen. Nihongo de daijobu ; yunitto 

= unit 2) [videorecording] 

Yoku wakarimashita ; jo (Nihongo kyoiku eizo 

kyozai ; shokyu-hen. Nihongo de daijobu ; yunitto 

= unit 2) [videorecording] 

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu ; ge (Nihongo kyoiku 

eizo kyozai ; shokyu-hen. Nihongo de daijobu ; 

yunitto = unit 1) [videorecording] 

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu ; jo (Nihongo kyoiku 

eizo kyozai ; shokyu-hen. Nihongo de daijobu ; 

yunitto = unit 1) [videorecording] 

Your Life in Japan = Nihon no seikatsu gaido 


Youth of the beast [videorecording] = Yajū no 

seishun / produced by Keinosuke Kubo ; based on 

a novel by Haruhiko Oyabu ; screenplay by Ichiro 

Ikeda, Tadaaki Yamazaki ; directed by Seijun 

Suzuki.|Youth of the beast [videorecording] = 野 

獸の青春 / produced by Keinosuke Kubo ; based 

on a novel by Haruhiko Oyabu ; screenplay by 

Ichiro Iked 

Yuki tsumugi : Ibaraki-ken (Tezukuri no bi, 


Yume to utsutsu o samayoite [videorecording] : 

Nō, onnamen = Noh masks beauty transient, 

beauty eternal : Noh the female mask / [produced 

by NHK International].| 夢と現をさまよいて 

[videorecording] : 能・女面 = Noh masks beauty 

transient, beauty eternal : Noh the female mask / 


Zaion [videorecording] : I wish you were here / 

director Seiji Mizushima. 

Zatoichi [videorecording] : the blind swordsman / 

writted, directed and edited by Takeshi Kitano. 

Zatoichi meets yojimbo [videorecording] / 

directed by Kihachi Okamoto. 

Zen Culture Zen Spirit [videorecording] 

ZendaJo no toriko : Koke musu bokura ga eiji no 

yoru (Gekidan Yume no Yuminsha) 


Zengō Nihongo Benron Taikai. Dai 39-kai 

[videorecording] = National Final Japanese 

Language Speech Contest. The 39th. 

810.789 KYO 

2(16-20) 

810.789 KYO 

2(11-15) 

810.789 KYO 2(6- 

10) 

810.789 KYO 2(1- 

5) 

302.1 AOT 

778.21 SUZ 

586.47 VPN 

773.4 NHK 

778.77 MIZ 

778.21 KIT 

778.21 ZAT 

188.8 JPF 

775.1 YUM 

809.4 AUS 2008 

Yokoso [videorecording] 

689.271 QAN 

Yōkoso! Sakura Shōgakkō e [videorecording] : 

minna nakama da : jissha eizō de manabu Nihon 

no gakkō seikatsu to kotoba / kikaku, seisaku [by] 

376.21 YOK 

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1-Apr-09

Video Recording collection - The Japan Foundation

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