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Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number System requirements:DVD-9 (Region ALL, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic wide screen (16:9) presentation; soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital. Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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.| Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 98 min.) :sd., b&w ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic wide screen (16:9) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in Dolby Digital 1.0. Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR 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 Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 143 min.) :sd., b&w. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 viewer's guide booklet (18 p. : ill. ; 18 System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in Dolby Digital 4.0 o Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese with optional English 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR 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.| Series title: Directors suite. Akira Kurosawa Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 99 min.) :sd., 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. Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR 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.| Series title: Directors suite. Akira Kurosawa Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 143 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (18 p.). Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame original ration (4:3); Japanese soundtrack in 1.0 Dolby Digital. Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR Title: Kurosawa : a documentary [videorecording] Series title: Akira Kurosawa collection Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c2000 Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, all regions) (90 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording 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 English subtitles. 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 43 1-Apr-09
Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR 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 Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2007]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 129 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements: VHS [PAL] Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese with optional English 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR 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.| Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006], c2001. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 115 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 soundtracks in 5.1 or 2.0 Dolby D Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese with optional English 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR Title: Rashomon [videorecording] = Rashōmopn / screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto ; directd by Akira Kurosawa. Series title: Akira Kurosawa collection Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 85 min.) :sd., b&w. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame original ratio (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in dual mono Dolby Dig Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese with optional English subtitles. Rating: OFLC rating: M, including Moderate violence. 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR Title: Red beard [videorecording] / directed by Akira Kurosawa. Series title: Akira Kurosawa collection Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1965, [2004] Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (185 min.) :sd., b&w ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 16:9 anamorphic wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 4.0 Dolby Digi Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR 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.| Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2008], c2006. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 100 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 16:9 anamorphic wide screen (1.78:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 and 2.0 Do Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Strong violence. 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR Title: Sanjuro [videorecording] Series title: Akira Kurosawa collection Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1962 Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (96 min.) :sd., b&w ;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 and Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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. Call Number: 778.21 KUR Title: Sanshiro Sugata = Sugata Sanshirō [videorecording] / directed by Akira Kurosawa.|Sanshiro Sugata = 姿三四郎 [videorecording] / directed by Akira Kurosawa.| Edition: censord version, released in 1944. Series title: Akira Kurosawa collection Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC] : Madman Entertainment, [2005] Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (feature length 79 min.) :sd., b&w ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame original ratio (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital a Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild violence. Summary: "The directorial debut from one of the screen's greatest ever directors - Akira Kurosawa. Sanshiro Sugata is the tale of the emergence 44 1-Apr-09
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