Video Recording collection - The Japan Foundation

Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library
Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number
Title: Human Face of Japan - 5 Part Series [videorecording]
Publisher: Lindfield, NSW : Film Australia 1968
Physical description: 166 Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack chiefly in English.
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.
Physical description: 20 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
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.
Call Number: 367.3 NIT 3
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]
Publisher: Tokyo : Nittetsu Hyuman Deberopumento 1989
Physical description: 35min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Call Number: 367.3 OLI
Title: Working together (Family ; Japan) [videorecording]
Publisher: Lindfield, NSW : Film Australia 1995
Physical description: 53 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
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.
Call Number: 367.3 WAY 13E
Title: Business bachelors = Tanshin funin [English edition] (The way
of life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Bonjinsha 1995
Physical description: 20 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
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.
Call Number: 367.3 WAY 13J
Title: Business bachelors = Tanshin funin [Japanese edition] (The
way of life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu) [Japanese edition]
[videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Bonjinsha 1995
Physical description: 20 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in Japanese.
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.
Call Number: 367.3 WAY 7E
Title: Housewives = Tokon shufu jijo [English edition] (The way of
life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu ; 7) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Bonjinsha 1994
Call Number: 367.3 WAY 7J
Title: Housewives = Tokon shufu jijo [Japanese edition] (The way of
life in Japan = Nihonjin no raifusutairu ; 7) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Bonjinsha 1994
Physical description: 20 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in Japanese.
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.
Call Number: 367.3 WAY 9E
Title: The family life of a ""salaryman"" = Sarariman ikka no
Nichiyobi [English edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihon jin no
raifusutairu) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Bonjinsha 1994
Physical description: 20 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
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.
Call Number: 367.3 WAY 9J
Title: The family life of a ""salaryman"" = Sarariman ikka no
Nichiyobi [Japanese edition] (The way of life in Japan = Nihon jin no
raifusutairu) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Bonjinsha 1994
Physical description: 20 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in Japanese.
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
Physical description: 28 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
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