Video Recording collection - The Japan Foundation
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<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>, Sydney, Library<br />
<strong>Video</strong> catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number<br />
Call Number: 778.77 MAD 1<br />
Title: Madlax. 1 [videorecording] / director Koichi Mashimo ;<br />
produced by Victor Entertainment.<br />
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2005].<br />
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 100 min.) :sd.,<br />
col. ;4 3/4 in. <strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic<br />
wide screen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 5.1 Dolby Digital;<br />
Jap<br />
Language: Feature soundtracks in English or <strong>Japan</strong>ese with optional<br />
English subtitles.<br />
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Mild animated violence, Mild<br />
themes, Mild coarse l<br />
Summary: <strong>The</strong> country of Gazth-Sonika has been engaged in a civil war<br />
for more than a decade, struggling to stay afloat amidst attacks from the<br />
anti-government faction known as Garza. With lies and corruption<br />
seeping into the political food chain, a mysterious book in one young<br />
girl's possession may be the only key to uncovering the truth and bringing<br />
an end to the war. This book, however, is sought by many. And when the<br />
invincible agent Madlax is hired to protect those in search of its truth,<br />
Gazth-Sonika dispatches a ruthless soldier to make sure that truth stays in<br />
the darkness! -- From publisher's web site.<br />
Call Number: 778.77 MIY<br />
Title: Kiki's delivery service [videorecording] / directed by Hayao<br />
Miyazaki.<br />
Series title: Studio Ghibli <strong>collection</strong><br />
Publisher: Collingwood, VIC : Madman Entertainment, c1989<br />
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.+<br />
Chapter note. <strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual rayer; anamorphic<br />
wide screen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital,<br />
Jap<br />
Language: Feature soundtracks in English or <strong>Japan</strong>ese with optional<br />
English subtitles.<br />
Rating: OFLC rating: G.<br />
Summary: Kiki leaves her family and flies off to a faraway city where she<br />
starts her own business as part of learning her craft as a witch. As her job<br />
opens up a world of fun-filled escapades and new friendships, Kiki<br />
discovers that the confidence she needs to overcome the challenges of<br />
growing up is within herself and not in her magic.<br />
Series title: Studio Ghibli <strong>collection</strong><br />
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2006].<br />
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 86 min.) :sd.,<br />
col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 leaflet. <strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic<br />
wide screen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital,<br />
Jap<br />
Language: Feature soundtracks in English or <strong>Japan</strong>ese with optional<br />
English subtitles, English closed-captions.<br />
Rating: G<br />
Summary: "Two young girls, Satsuki and Mei, have moved with their<br />
father into a new home in the country, while their mother recovers from<br />
illness in a nearby hospital. To their surprise, they soon discover that they<br />
share this home with some rather unusual creatures and even stranger<br />
neighbours - forest guardians that the girls dub Totoro. When trouble<br />
occurs, their new friends will help them rediscover hope." -- Container.<br />
Call Number: 778.77 MIY<br />
Title: Nausicaä of the valley of the wind [videorecording] = Kaze no<br />
tani no Naushika / original story and screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki ;<br />
producer, Isao Takahata ; directed by Hayao Miyazaki.|Nausicaä of<br />
the valley of the wind [videorecording] = 風 の 谷 のナウシカ /<br />
original story and screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki ; producer, Isao<br />
Takahata ; directe<br />
Series title: Studio Ghibli <strong>collection</strong><br />
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2005], c1984.<br />
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 116 min.) :sd.,<br />
col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 leaflet. <strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anamorphic<br />
wide screen (16:9) presentation; English & <strong>Japan</strong>ese soundtracks in 2.0<br />
mono D<br />
Language: Soundtracks in English and <strong>Japan</strong>ese, with optional English<br />
subtitles and closed captions for the hearing impair<br />
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Low level violence.<br />
Summary: "A thousand years after a great war, a seaside kingdom known<br />
as the Valley of the Wind is one of the only areas that remains populated.<br />
Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley are<br />
engaged in a constant struggle with powerful insdcts called Ohmu, who<br />
guard a poisonous jungle that is spreading across the Earth. Nausicaä, and<br />
her brave companions, together with the people of the Valley, strive to<br />
restore the bond between humanity and the earth." -- FROM<br />
CONTAINER.<br />
Call Number: 778.77 MIY<br />
Title: Laputa : castle in the sky [videorecording] / directed by Hayao<br />
Miyazaki.<br />
Series title: Studio Ghibli <strong>collection</strong><br />
Publisher: [Collingwood, VIC.] : Madman Entertainment, c1986<br />
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD, PAL, region 4) (125 min.) :sd.,<br />
col. ;4 3/4 in.+ Leaflet. <strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL); dual layer; anomorphic<br />
wide screen (16:9) presentation; English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital,<br />
Jap<br />
Language: Feature soundtracks in English or <strong>Japan</strong>ese with optional<br />
English subtitles.<br />
Rating: OFLC rating: G.<br />
Summary: "It's a world out of time. A world where a young boy's dreams<br />
soar as high as the mythical floating island known as Laputa. Pazu's<br />
dreams are about to be realized, when Sheeta, a young princess and<br />
government escapee, literally floats down from the skies, saved only by a<br />
mysterious, glowing pendant - a pendant comprised of Levitation Crystal,<br />
the supposed power of Laputa itself! Now, pursued by pirates and Secret<br />
Service agents alike, Sheeta and Pazu seek the fabled island to fulfill<br />
Pazu's dreamquest and learn the secrets of Sheeta's clouded heritage." --<br />
FROM CONTAINER.<br />
Call Number: 778.77 MIY<br />
Title: My neighbor Totoro [videorecording] / executive director<br />
Yasuyoshi Tokuma ; original story, script, directed by Hayao<br />
Miyazaki.<br />
Call Number: 778.77 MIY<br />
Title: Pòrco rósso [videorecording] / [a Studio Ghibli production ;<br />
original story & screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki ; produced by Toshio<br />
Suzuki ; directed by Hayao Miyazaki.].<br />
Series title: Studio Ghibli <strong>collection</strong><br />
Publisher: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment, [2005], c1992.<br />
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (feature length 93 min.) :sd.,<br />
col. ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 leaflet. <strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements:DVD-9 (Region 4, PAL), dual layer; anamorphic<br />
wide screen (16:9) presentation; English and <strong>Japan</strong>ese soundtracks in 2.0<br />
Dolb<br />
Language: Soundtrack options in English and <strong>Japan</strong>ese with optional<br />
English subtitles and closed captions for the hearing<br />
Rating: OFLC rating: PG, including Low level violence.<br />
Summary: Slouching towards middle age, Porco Rosso makes his living<br />
by flying about in his red bi-plane and fighting sky bandits who prey on<br />
cruise ships sailing the Adriatic. When he's not engaging in dog fights,<br />
this pilot lives on a deserted island retreat. Porco was once a strappling<br />
young man, but after his entire squardron was wiped out, he is<br />
mysteriously transformed into a pig. <strong>The</strong>n he is defeated in a dogfight<br />
against a dashing American rival, who has been hired by the dastardly<br />
bandits. With his plane damaged, he finds a repair hanger near Milan<br />
where a local woman fixes his plane.<br />
Call Number: 778.77 MIY<br />
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