Video Recording collection - The Japan Foundation

Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library
Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number
System requirements:VHS (PAL).
Language: Soundtrack on skits in Japanese, commentary in English.
Summary: "Synopsis: One morning, two women from the local market
street ask Yan if he can help them to read German lyrics of Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony, which the local people are going to perform at the end
of the year. Yan agrees to help, and he mulls over the pronounciation
with his colleagues. Later, the local residents gather at the public bath to
practice reading the "Japanized" pronounciations devised by Yan and his
colleague. When Yan comes home, happy that he was able to help out, he
recieves a phone call from Miss Okada, who is calling from Ueno Station
to say good bye before she leaves Tokyo for her home in the provinces." -
- FROM TEXTBOOK.
Call Number: 810.789 LET 2(33-34)
Title: Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lesson 33 & 34 [videorecording] =
Nihongo kōza shokyū 2 / produced by The Japan Foundation ;
production [by] Video Pedic Inc.|Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lesson
33 & 34 〔videorecording〕 = 日 本 語 講 座 初 級 2 / produced by The
Japan Foundation ; production 〔by〕 Video Pedic Inc.|
Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1985|〔 東 京 〕 : 国 際 交 流
基 金 , c1985.|
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video
Recording
System requirements:VHS (PAL).
Language: Soundtrack on skits in Japanese, commentary in English.
Summary: "Synopsis: In this episode, we sse how Yan and the Hori
family spend New Year's Eve. At first we see Yan and Horis cleaning
their respective apartments, in readiness for the New year. A Yan clearns
his apartment, the people from the market street bring him some sake and
rice cakes to thank him for his help with Beethoven's Ninth. Then we see
stores, stations and temples bustling with masses of people. As midnight
approaches, the Hori family relaxes at home in to a temple to listen to the
New Year bell." -- FROM TEXTBOOK.
Call Number: 810.789 LET 2(35-36)
Title: Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lessons 35 & 36 [videorecording]
= Nihongo kōza shokyū 2 / produced by The Japan Foundation ;
production [by] Video Pedic.|Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lesson 35
& 36 [videorecording] = Nihongo kōza shokyū 2 / produced by The
Japan Foundation ; production [by] Video Pedic.|
Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1985.|[ 東 京 ] : 国 際 交 流 基
金 , c1985.|
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video
Recording
System requirements:VHS (PAL).
Language: Soundtrack on skits in Japanese, commentary in English.
Summary: "Synopsis: In this episode, we see how Yan and the Hori
family spend New Year's Day. The Horis gather together on the first
morning of the year, greeting one another, then eating Near Year
delicacies. They read their New Year's cards, and the children recieve
special presents of money from their father. Yan is on his own, bored
watching TV and looking at a New Year's card from Miss Okada. Later,
he receives a phone call from the people in the market street, inviting him
to their party. The Horis just continue to relax at home, eating rice cakes."
-- FROM TEXTBOOK.
Call Number: 810.789 LET 2(37-38)
Title: Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lesson 37 & 38 [videorecording] =
Nihongo kōza shokyū 2 / produced by The Japan Foundation ;
production [by] Video Pedic.|Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lesson 37
&38 [videorecording] = 日 本 語 講 座 初 級 2 / produced by The Japan
Foundation ; production [by] Video Pedic.|
Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1985|[ 東 京 ] : 国 際 交 流 基
金 , c1985.|
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video
Recording
System requirements:VHS (PAL).
Language: Soundtrack on skits in Japanese, commentary in English.
Summary: "Synopsis: Yan falls ill and calls his colleagues, asking them
to hake his finished design to the proffessor's office. Then, he collapses.
When he comes, to he sees his neighbor , Terada, next to him. Terada
looks after Yan well. In th eevening the children of the Hori family come
in, excitedly throwing beans around Yan's room (following a spring
custom), until they discover that Yan is ill in bed. Yan is happy to have
discovered a new friend in Terada." -- FROM TEXTBOOK.
Call Number: 810.789 LET 2(39-40)
Title: Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lesson 39 & 40 [videorecording] =
Nihongo kōza shokyū 2 / produced by The Japan Foundation ;
production [by] Video Pedic.|Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lesson 39
& 40 [videorecordin] = 日 本 語 講 座 初 級 2 / produced by The Japan
Foundation ; production [by] Video Pedic Inc.|
Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1985|[ 東 京 ] : 国 際 交 流 基
金 , c1985.|
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video
Recording
System requirements:VHS (PAL).
Language: Soundtrack on skits in Japanese, commentary in English.
Summary: "Synopsis: Yan recovers from his illness and goes to the
university, where he hears that his professor has praised the finished
design. Yan reveals that he intends to spend in to his home country to
enter it in a competition. Later, he goes to see his former colleaguesto
show it to them, and there, again, receives everyone's praise. But then,
one of Yan's former colleagues lets slip the news that Miss Okada is
going to get married. Shocked and depressed, Yan goes to an outdoor
eating and drinking stand in the pouring rain, gets drunk, and has an
argument with another customer." -- FROM TEXTBOOK.
Call Number: 810.789 LET 2(41-42)
Title: Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lesson 41 & 42 [videorecording] =
Nihongo kōza shokyū 2 / produced by The Japan Foundation ;
production [by] Video Pedic Inc.
Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1985|[ 東 京 ] : 国 際 交 流 基
金 , c1985.|
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min). :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video
Recording
System requirements:VHS-PAL
Language: Soundtrack chiefly in English with some Japanese for skit
parts.
Summary: "Synopsis: This episode begins with Yan's colleague, Inoue,
expressing her worry about Yan, who has failed to turn up at the office,
and trying to call him at home. But Yan doesn't even answer the phone.
Encouraged by his neighbor, Terada, Yan finally does show up sy yhe
university, but he has lost his desire to send the finished design to his
home country. Finally Inoue persuades him to send it. Seeing all this,
Kuwata and Saito invite Yan to a disco to try to cheer him up. But at the
disco, Yan just sit alone, staring at the happy dancers with a blank
expression on his face." -- FROM TEXTBOOK.
Call Number: 810.789 LET 2(43-44)
Title: Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lesson 43 & 44 [videorecording] =
Nihongo kōza shokyū 2 / Produced bt the Japan Foundation ;
production [by] Video Pedic.|Let's learn Japanese basic 2. Lesson 43
& 44 [videorecording] = 日 本 語 講 座 初 級 2 / Produced bt the Japan
Foundation ; production [by] Video Pedic Inc.|
Publisher: [Tōkyō] : Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, c1985|[ 東 京 ] : 国 際 交 流 基
金 , c1985.|
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :sd., col. ;1/2 in. Video
Recording
System requirements:VHS (PAL).
Language: Soundtrack on skits in Japanese, commentary in English.
Summary: Synopsis: One day, Terada finds that Yan has gone away for
while. We see Yan at Ueno staton, where he helps and elderly couple
onto the bullet train. On the rain, the couple offers Yan tea and rice balls,
but when the inspector comes back to check their tickes, they are
surprised to find that Yan hasn't decided where to go yet. Yan just
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