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Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number 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. Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles. 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 Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006], c2002. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 114 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Book System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic 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. Call Number: 778.21 KIT 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. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 76 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital a Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese and English with optional English subtitles. 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!" -- FROM CONTAINER. 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." -- FROM CONTAINER. Call Number: 778.21 KIT 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 Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2005]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 93 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 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. Call Number: 778.21 KIT Title: Dolls [videorecording] / directed, written and edited by Takeshi Kitano. Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 113 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (19 p.). Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Dig Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese with optional English 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. Call Number: 778.21 KIT Title: Azumi [videorecording] / directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, 2003 Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, All regions) (123 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 16:9 anamorphic wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digi Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. Rating: OFLC rating: R18+, including Mediun level violence. Call Number: 778.21 KIT Title: Hana-bi = Fireworks [videorecording] / directed by Takeshi Kitano. Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c2003 Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, all regions) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anomorphic wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack i 2.0 Dolby Digital. Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. Rating: OFLC rarting: MA15+, including High level violence. 41 1-Apr-09
Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number 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. Call Number: 778.21 KIT Title: Sonatine [videorecording] Series title: Takeshi Kitano collection Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1993 Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 16:9 anamorophic wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Dig Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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." -- FROM CONTAINER. Call Number: 778.21 KIT Title: Takeshis' [videorecording] / written, edited and directed by Takeshi Kitano ; produced by Masayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida. Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007], c2005. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 102 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic widescreen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtracks in 5.1/2.0 Dolby Digital Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese with optional English 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. Call Number: 778.21 KIT Title: Versus [videorecording] / directed by Ryuhei Kitamura ; screenplay by Ryuhei Kitamura, Yudai Yamaguchi. Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2004], c2003. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 116 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (All regions, PAL); dual layer, 16:9 anamorphic wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 and 2.0 Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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. Call Number: 778.21 KIT 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.| Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2005], c1989. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 99 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements: VHS [PAL] 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. Call Number: 778.21 KIT 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 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 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 Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including High level violence. 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.| Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Aztec International Entertainment, [2006]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 130 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital. Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. Rating: OFLC rating: 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.].| Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, 2006. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 141 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 42 1-Apr-09
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