Video Recording collection - The Japan Foundation

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
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Call Number: 063.0271 JPF
Title: The Japan Foundation, Sydney 10th anniversary special forum
[videorecording]
Publisher: Sydney : The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2003
Physical description: 240min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
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
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
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
Physical description: 30min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
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.
Video Recording
System requirements:VHS (PAL)
Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles.
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
Call Number: 188.8 JPF
Title: Zen Culture Zen Spirit [videorecording]
Publisher: 1978
Physical description: 29 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
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.
Call Number: 210.12 JPF
Title: On a Wind From the South [videorecording]
Publisher: 1982
Physical description: 29 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
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.
Call Number: 210.25 NHK 1
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].|
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.
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