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Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number 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 Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. Rating: OFLC rating: MA15+, including Strong violence. 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." -- FROM CONTAINER. Call Number: 778.21 OKA Title: Samurai assassin = Samurai [videorecording] / directed by Kihachi Okamoto.|Samurai assassin = 侍 [videorecording] / directed by Kihachi Okamoto.| Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (feature legth 117 min.) :sd., b&w. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements: VHS [PAL] Rating: M Call Number: 778.21 OCH Title: Infection [videorecording] = Kansen / [directed by Masayuki Ochiai]. Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, 2007, c2004. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 95 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 Dolby Digi Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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. Call Number: 778.21 OKA 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 Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 110 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic wide screen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in dual mono Dolby Dig Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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 Call Number: 778.21 OKA 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 .| Series title: The Kihachi Okamoto collection Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 116 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements: VHS [PAL] Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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. Call Number: 778.21 OKA 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 Series title: The Kihachi Okamoto collection Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006], c1966. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 116 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; soundtrack in Dolby dual mono. Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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| Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c2000 Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (107 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic 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] Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006], c1974. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 80 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-5 (Region 4, PAL); single layer; 16:9 anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Dig Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 47 1-Apr-09
Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number 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 Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, 2006. Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (feature length 120 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame 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. Call Number: 778.21 OZU 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.| Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006]. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 120 min.) :sd., b&w for the feature ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame original ration (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 1.0 Dolby Digital. Language: Feature soundtracks in Japanese with optional English 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. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (134 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); aspecto ration (16:9); soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital. Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles. 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].| Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006], c2004. Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (140 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; letterb9x widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 5.1 dts, Japanese sou Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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. Call Number: 778.21 OZU 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 Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, 2006. Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (feature length 136 min.) :sd., b&w. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 liner notes booklet (10 p.) Video Recordi System requirements:DVD (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; full frame original ration (4:3) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital. Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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-] Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (93 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; 4:3 original ratio (1.33:1) presentation; Japanese soundtrack in 1.0 Dolby Digital. Language: Feature soundtrack in Japanese with optional English subtitles. 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. 48 1-Apr-09
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