The following titles are available for viewing at the Instructional
Media Library located in room 46 of the Powell
Building. They can be contacted at (310) 825-0755. Titles
with an asterisk (*) are kept at the Center office.
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*Actor's
Revenge, An
(Yukinojo henge)
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New
Yorker Video |
1963 |
VHS
Color |
110 |
Credits:
Director: Kon Ichikawa;
Screenplay: Natto Wada; Photography: Setsuo Kobayashi: Music:
Yasushi Akutagawa: Based on an original story by Otokichi Mikami.
Cast includes Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Ganjiro
Nakamura. |
| Summary:
One of the most visually
exciting films ever made, "An Actor's Revenge" tells the story
of a female impersonator in a Kabuki troupe determined to wreak
vengeance on the villains who caused his parents' miserable deaths.
In Japanese with English subtitles. Reviews. |
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*Against Coercion: Refusing to Stand For "Kimigayo"
(Kimigayo Fukiritsu)
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Video Press |
2006 |
DVD color |
87 |
Credits: Directors:
Matsubara Akira and Sasaki Yumi |
| Summary: Under
Tokyo mayor Ishihara, the Tokyo government is now punishing teachers
who don't stand up during the singing of national anthem "Kimigayo".
Since last October 2003, 345 teachers have been punished and this
video exposes their struggle against militarization. This video
shows how this effort to re-introduce militarism in the schools
is taking place. In Japanese, with English subtitles. |
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Age
of the Shoguns, The
(Volume 3 of the Japan Past and Present series)
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Films
for the Humanities |
1989 |
VHS
Color |
53
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Credits:
Director:
Jean Antoine; Advisers: Iwao Seiichi, Sakamoto Mitsuru, Wada Mitsuru;
Camera: Baudoin Saeremans, Philippe Theaudiere; Music: Hirose
Ryohei, James Madelon; Editor: Annie Chevallay, Elvire Lerner.
Narrator: Robert Lancaster. |
Summary:
Japan
was sealed off from the rest of the world for a period of over
two-and-a-half centuries. During that period only a handful of
Dutch and Chinese were allowed to live on Japanese soil and to
trade with the Japanese - they were constantly watched and treated
like pariahs. The history of Japan during this period is examined:
the established classes of daimyo, samurai, farmer, and merchant;
the political organizations of the shogunate; the growth of the
merchant class and the development of kabuki; the delineation
of Japanese sensibilities and the meaning of seppuku. |
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Akira
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Whole
Toon Access |
1989 |
VHS
Color |
124 |
Credits:
Character
Design, Original Story, and Director: Katsuhiro Otomo; Chief Animator:
Takashi Nakamura |
Summary :
In the 21st
century, thirty years after a devastating global nuclear war,
mankind is again on the brink of total annihilation. In a world
populated by rival motorcycle gangs, a powerful psychic force,
known as "Akira," suddenly resurfaces in Neo-Tokyo, where it affects
the life and sanity of a young biker, Tetsuo. Based on the graphic
novel by Katsuhiro Otomo, directed by Otomo as well. English language
version. Reviews.
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Akira
Kurosawa's Dreams
(Yume)
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Warner
Home Video |
1990 |
VHS
Color |
120 |
Credits:
Director
& Writer: Akira Kurosawa; Producers:Hisao Kurosawa & Mike
Y. Inoue; Creative Consultant: Ishiro Honda; Photography: Takao
Saito & Masaharu Ueda; Music: Shinichiro Ikebe; Art Directors:
Yoshiro Muraki & Akira Sakuragi. Cast includes Akira Terao,
Mitsuko Baisho, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada, and Martin Scorsese
(as Van Gogh). |
Summary :
A visionary
and deeply personal work by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira
Kurosawa, consisting of eight episodes exploring the costs of
war, the perils of nuclear power and humankind's need to harmonize
with nature. Written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. In Japanese,
with English subtitles. Reviews.
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Alligator
Container Service, The
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Mitsui
OSK Lines, LTD |
1978 |
Umatic
color |
30 |
Credits:
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Summary :
An overview
of the Alligator Container Service of Mitsui OSK Lines, covering
the growth of the container industry in general from 1968. Shows
how the company has overcome time, volume, and space problems
to create an efficient worldwide transport network. |
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*Always Welcome Never For Sale
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UCLA Nikkei Student Union |
2009 |
DVD Color |
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Credits: UCLA Nikkei Student Union
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Summary :
Meet Dexter, a young business professional and vP of Blackstar Real Estate. His wit, drive and attitude make him a paradigm example of success and power. Having botched a previous real estate deal, Dexter's new business plan for redemption leads him to Little Tokyo's New Otani and Weller Court properties. However, his plans to close the deal are suddenly derailed when he runs into an old college friend, actor Jason Sato. Having just come off his blockbuster hit, Jason finds himself back in Little Tokyo trying to get away from the Hollywood fame, glamour and "big money." His focus shifts towards involvement in the community he grew up in, where he can get back to his roots. Wall Street meets Little Tokyo as business practice and community interests collide in a struggle between two perspectives. |
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*Angel
Dust
(Enjeru Dasuto)
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New
Yorker Video |
1994 |
VHS
color |
116 |
Credits:
Director:
Sogo Ishii; Screenplay: Yorozu Ikuta & Sogo Ishii: Producers:
Taro Maki, Kenzo Horikoshi & Eiji Izumi; Cinematography: Norimichi
Kasamatsu; Editor: Hiroshi Masuo & Sogo Ishii; Music: Hiroyuki
Nagashima; Cast includes Kaho Minami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, and Etsushi
Toyokawa. |
Summary:
In this chic,
futuristic noir set in the urban chaos of Tokyo, a mysterious
killer strikes every Monday at 6pm. The victims are young women,
all murdered with a lethal injection on the subway system. Setsuko,
a police psychologist with near-telepathic powers, is assigned
the case for her unconventional method of merging her mind with
that of the killer's. Posing as a potential victim, she encounters
a former lover and research partner, Rei, who now runs a mind-control
clinic established to deprogram former cult members. While pledging
his continuing love, Rei sets up a series of cruel mind-games
preying on Setsuko's insecurities. Plunging in and out of consciousness,
Setsuko's mental stability deteriorates, and her paranoia escalates
as she begins to suspect Rei as the murderer. In Japanese with
English subtitles. Letterboxed with enhanced subtitles. Reviews.
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Aroma
of Enchantment, The
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University
of California Extension |
1995 |
VHS
Color |
55
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Credits:
Center for
Media and Independent Learning. Director: Chip Lord. |
Summary:
An
exploration of the "idea of America" held by many Japanese --
an idea based in large part on American advertising images from
the 1950's. The film interweaves historical material about Gen.
MacArthur and the American occupation of Japan with reminiscenes
by a variety of Japanese who connect their concept of "America"
to the post-war occupation period, when images of America were
powerfully influential in Japan. A film by Chip Lord.
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Autumn
Afternoon, An
(Sanma no aji)
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New
Yorker Video |
1962 |
VHS
b&w |
112
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Credits:
Directed
Yasujiro Ozu; Screenplay: Kogo Noda and Yasujiro Ozu.
Cast includes
Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Shin-Ichiro Mikami, Mariko Okada and
Keiji Sada. |
Summary:
Set against
a background of a colorful and increasingly modernized Tokyo,
tells the moving tale of a father giving up his only daughter
to marriage. In Japanese, with English subtitles. Reviews.
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Bad
Sleep Well, The
(Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru)
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Facets
Video |
1960 |
VHS
b&w |
151
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Credits:
Director:
Akira Kurosawa; Screenplay: Akira
Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Eijiro Kusaka, Ryozo Kukushima and Shinobu
Hashimoto; Based on the novel by Ed McBain. Cast includes Toshiro
Mifune, Takeshi Kato, Misayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Ko Nishimura,
Kamatari Fujiwara, Gen Shimizu, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi,
Kyu Sazanka, Chishu Ryu, Seiji Miyaguchi, Nobuo Nakamura, Susumu
Fujita, and Koji Mitsui. |
Summary:
As part of
his plan for revenge, a man marries the daughter of the businessman
he sees as responsible for his father's death. Moody thriller
in the style of a 1940s American gangster film. Reviews. |
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Ballad
of Narayama
(Narayama bushiko)
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Films
Incorporated |
1983 |
VHS
color |
129
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Credits:
Director:
Shohei Imamura; Screenplay: Shinchiro Fukazawa & Shohei Imamura;
Producer: Goro Kusakabe; Music: Shinichiro Ikebe; Cinematography:
Masao Tochizawa. Cast Includes: Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Takejo
Aki, Tonpei Hidari, Seiji Kurasaki, Kaoru Shimamori, Ryutaro Tatsumi,
Junko Takada, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Mitsuko Baisho, Shoichi Ozawa,
Mitsuaki Fukamizu, Norihei Miki, Akio Yokoyama, Sachie Shimamura. |
Summary:
Shohei Imamura's
version of the classic Japanese legend, the story of a loving
son in an impoverished region who must follow the cruel custom
of abandoning his mother to the mountain gods when she turns seventy.
Multiple award winner, including the Grand Prize at the 1983 Cannes
Film Festival. In Japanese, with English subtitles. Reviews. |
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The Beauty of Haiku Poetry
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2000 |
VHS
color |
17
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Credits:
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Summary:
Haiku describes nature and seasons and appeals to the sense. This video delves into the history of the art form, its structural characteristics, and the interpretation of seasonal and cultural references. |
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Behind
the Camera
(Faces of Japan: Program 19)
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Intervoice |
1986 |
VHS
color |
28
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Credits:
Dick
Briglia and Masanori Nakasone. Hosted
by Dick Cavet. |
Summary:
A look at
the Japanese movie industry through the eyes of assistant director
Hajime Konaka, at work on a children's feature film featuring
a canine superhero. Transcript available. |
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Being
Two Isn't Easy
(Watashi wa nisai)
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Home
Vision Cinema |
1962 |
VHS
color |
88
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Credits:
Director:
Kon Ichikawa; Screenplay: Michio Matsuda & Natto Wada. Cast
Includes: Hiro Suzuki, Eiji Funakoshi, Fujiko Yamamoto, Kumeko
Urabe, Misako Watanabe, Mantaro Ushio, Masako Kyozuka, Kyoko Kishida,
Shiro Otsuji, Jun Hamamura, Akira Natsuki, Yoko Hozakura. |
Summary:
A life-affirming
story, told alternately from the vantage point of a two-year old
boy, Taro, and his fretting first-time parents. Taro's zealousness
for life is shared by his grandmother, whose doting ways often
come into conflict with her daughter-in-law's careful child-rearing
rules. In Japanese, with English subtitles. |
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Berlin in Tokyo: Senday Koreya, Brecht, Shakespeare
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UCTV |
2006 |
DVD
color |
120 |
Credits:
Thomas Rimer |
Summary:
Lecture by Thomas Rimer on Senda Koreya.
Reviews.
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Between
Two Worlds: A Japanese Pilgrimage
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UC
Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning |
1994 |
VHS
color |
30
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Credits:
Directors:
Joanne Hershfield & Susan Caperna Lloyd |
Summary:
Two Westerners
experience disappointment at modernization of Japan when they
attempt Shikoku Pilgrimage. Examines the centuries-old tradition
of pilgrimage in Japan, following the 1,000 mile route known as
the "Pilgrimage to the 88 sacred places of Shikoku." Ponders the
meaning and persistence of pilgrimage in a contemporary industrialized
society. |
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Beyond
the Classroom
(Faces of Japan - Program l11)
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Intervoice |
1986 |
VHS
color |
28
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Credits:
Dick
Briglia and Masanori Nakasone. Hosted
by Dick Cavet. |
Summary:
A look at the highly
respected profession of teaching in Japan, and the unique relations
Japanese teachers develop with their students. Junior high school
teacher Ryo Kikuchi watches all aspects of his students' lives
- calling at home, observing family life, counseling emotional
problems. Transcript available. |
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Birth
of a Tire : Passenger Radial Tires
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Bridgestone
Tire Corporation |
* |
Umatic
color |
26
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Credits:
Produced
by the Bridgestone Tire Corporation |
Summary:
Reviews the
history of automobile tire construction, from the first wood and
iron tires to modern steel-belted radials. A visit to a Bridgestone
tire factory shows the entire manufacturing process. |
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Black
Rain
(Kuroi Ame)
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Fox
Lorber Home Video |
1988 |
VHS
b&w |
123
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Credits:
Director:
Shohei Imamura; Screenplay: Masuji Ibuse, Shohei Imamura, Toshiro
Ishido; Producer: Hisao Iino; Music: Toru Takemitsu; Cinematography:
Takashi Kawamata. Cast includes: Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura,
Etsuko Ichihara, Shoichi Ozawa, Norihei Miki, Keisuke Ishida,
Hisako Hara, Masato Yamada, Tamaki Sawa, Akiji Kobayashi, Kazuko
Shirakawa, Kenjiro Ishimaru, Mayumi Tateichi, Taiji Tonoyama,
Fujio Tsuneda, Toshie Kusunoki, et.al. |
Summary:
An unforgettable movie about humanity and survival after the 1945
atomic catastrophe that changed the world forever. Winner of 5
Japanese Academy Awards including Best Picture. English subtitles.
Drama.
Reviews.
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Black
Lizard
(Kurotokage)
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Cinevista,
Inc. |
1968 |
VHS
color |
86
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Credits:
Director:
Kinji Fukasaku; Screenplay: Yukio Mishima, Masashige Narusawa,
Edogawa Rampo; Producer: Akira Oda; Music: Isao Tomita; Cinematography:
Hiroshi Dowaki. Cast Includes: Akihiro Miwa, Isao Kimura, Kikko
Matsuoka, Junya Usami, Ko Nishimura, Toshiko Kobayashi, Sonosuke
Oda, Kinji Hattori, Koichi Sato, Jun Kato, Ryuji Funakoshi, Mitsuko
Takara, Tetsuro Tamba, Yukio Mishima. |
Summary:The
story of Japan's most mysterious female jewel thief and the detective
who steals her heart. Featuring Yukio Mishima in a rare screen
appearance. Subtitled in English. Reviews.
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Branded
to Kill
(Koroshi no rakuin)
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The
Criterion Collection |
1967 |
laser
disk, b&w |
91
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Credits:
Director:
Seijun Suzuki; Screenplay: Takeo Kimura, Chusei Sone, Atsushi
Yamatoya; Producer: Takiko Mizunoe; Music: Naozumi Yamamoto. Cast
Includes: Mari Annu, Hiroshi Minami, Koji Nambara, Mariko Ogawa,
Jo Shishido, Isao Tamagawa. |
Summary:
The wildly perverse story of "No.3 Killer" gunning for No.1, is
Suzuki Seijun at his delirious best. From a cookie-cutter studio
script, Suzuki delivered this brutal, hilarious, and visually
inspired masterpiece - and was promptly fired. Criterion presents
the American premiere in a pristine transfer from the original
Nikkatsu-scope master. In Japanese with English subtitles. Reviews.
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Breaking
the History of Silence; The Women's International War Crimes
Tribunal on Japan's Military Sexual Slavery.
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VAWW-NET
Japan |
2000 |
VHS
(NTSC) Color |
68
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Credits:
N/A |
Summary:
Survivors
Finally speaking out, Prosecutors accusing Japan's highest-ranking
officials of war crimes, Japanese veterans admitting to rape,
expert witnesses revealing the structures of the sexual slavery
systems, the joys of survivors and audience on hearing the judges
pronounce Emperors Hirohito... |
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Buddha
in the Land of the Kami
(Vol. 1 of the Japan Past and Present series)
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Films
for the Humanities |
1989 |
VHS
Color |
53
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Credits:
Director:
Jean Antoine; Advisers: Iwao Seiichi, Sakamoto Mitsuru, Wada Mitsuru;
Camera: Baudoin Saeremans, Philippe Theaudiere; Music: Hirose
Ryohei, James Madelon; Editor: Annie Chevallay, Elvire Lerner.
Narrator: Robert Lancaster. |
Summary:
The
creation myth of Japan is covered and the origin and scope of
the kami concept is explained. Kami are the supernatural, not
quite godlike spirits who underlie the Japanese-ness of Japan.
The arrival of Buddhism to Japan and how Buddhism and the kami
were assimilated is discussed. The role Chinese culture, style,
and writing in Japanese culture is discussed. The program demonstrates
how the Japanese garden epitomizes the Japanese view of the relationship
between man and nature, space, time, and reality.
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Bun-ka
: A Brief Introduction to Japanese Culture
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Out
of print |
1954 |
16mm
color |
11
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Credits:
Produced
by the Serisawa Gallery. |
Summary:
An introduction to various elements of Japanese culture: dancing,
a koto and flute duet, flower arranging, the tea ceremony and
the Noh play. |
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Burmese
Harp, The
(Biruma no tategoto)
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Public
Media Home Vision |
1956 |
VHS
b&w |
116
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Credits:
Director:
Kon Ichikawa; Screenplay: Michio Takeyama, Natto Wada; Producer:
Masayuki Takaki; Music: Akira Ifukube; Cinematography: Minoru
Yokoyama. Cast Includes: Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura,
Takeo Naito, Ko Nishimura, Hiroshi Tsuchikata, Sanpei Mine, Yoshiaki
Kato, Sojiro Amano, Yôji Nagahama, Eiji Nakamura, Shojiro Ogasawara,
Tomoko Tonai, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yunosuke Ito. |
Summary:
The Burmese Harp focuses on the obsessions that drive one Japanese
soldier to remain in Burma, even as his unit tries desperately
to steal into neutral territory. On a mission to convince renegade
mountain fighters of Japan's official surrender, the company's
harp-playing scout, Private Mizushima, is wounded, then saved
by a Buddhist priest. In Japanese, with English subtitles. Reviews. |
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Ceramic
Art : Potters of Japan, Part 1
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Out
of print |
1968 |
16mm
color |
16
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Credits:
Director(?):
Richard Peeler |
Summary:
Pottery in
Japan is a seven hundred-year-old art, and ranges from the most
delicate tiny vases decorated with cobalt on porcelain to huge
six hundred-pound water jars for pickling food, dyeing cloth or
potting plants. Demonstrates the work of several master craftsmen.
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Year |
Format |
Time
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Ceramic Art : Potters of Japan, Part 2 |
Out of print |
1968 |
16mm color |
16 |
Credits:
Director(?): Richard Peeler |
Summary:
Shows several master craftsmen at work, including the
fourteenth generation of the family who has for 400 years
made Japan's most famous tea ware. Explains unusual techniques,
such as the ornamentation of pottery by laying on rice
straw soaked in brine, which leaves characteristic streaks
of color when burned off. Shows firing of the eleven-chamber
climbing kiln, which takes five days. |
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Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
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Challenge and Opportunity |
Mitsui and Company, Ltd. |
1982 |
Umatic color |
25 |
Credits:
Produced by Mitsui and Company, Ltd. |
Summary:
A profile of Mitsui and Company, a large general trading
company based in Tokyo, with offices in eighty-eight nations.
Illustrates the vast influence of Mitsui in several areas:
the grain industry in the United States; an Australian
iron ore project; the Houston off-shore chemical trade;
a uranium mining concern in Canada; and aluminum manufacturing
in South Carolina. Shows Mitsui's skill at creating opportunities
in international development. |
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Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
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Challenge to Opto-Electronics, The |
Sanyo Electric Company |
1983 |
Umatic color |
19 |
Credits:
Produced by Iwanami Productions, Ltd. |
Summary:
A look at Sanyo's pioneering work in the Japanese semiconductor
industry, focusing on light emitting diodes (LEDs), liquid
crystal displays (LCDs), and lasers. Shows the development
and increasing use of optoelectronics in business, technology
and home electronics. |
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Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
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Chibi Maruko-chan (Volumes 1-15) |
Pony Canyon Inc. |
1999 |
DVD (can only be viewed with a Japanese DVD
player) |
Varies |
Credits:
Original Comic Sakura Momoko, Producer Motohashi Koichi,
Director Shibayama Tsutomu/ Suda Yumiko, Nihon Animation/
Fuji Terebi Productions. |
Summary:
All episodes from January of 1990 to September of 1992. |
| Title |
Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
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Chikamatsu Monogatari |
Facets |
1954 |
VHS b&w |
110 |
Credits:
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi; Screenplay: Matsutarô Kawaguchi,
Yoshikata Yoda, & Monzaemon Chikamatsu; Producer:
Masaichi Nagata; Music: Fumio Hayasaka, Tamezô Mochizuki;
Cinematography: Kazuo Miyagawa. Cast Includes: Kazuo Hasegawa,
Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa, Yôko Minamida,
Haruo Tanaka, Chieko Naniwa, Ichirô Sugai, Tatsuya Ishiguro,
Hiroshi Mizuno, Hisao Toake, Ikkei Tamaki, Kimiko Tachibana,
Keiko Koyanagi, Sayako Nakagami, Kanae Kobayashi, Shirô
Miura, Nobuko Tanei, Soji Shibata, Satoshi Mikami, Satoshi
Shinohara, Tadashi Iwata, Ichirô Amano, Kaoichi Katsuragi.
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Summary:
In 17th century Japan, the illicit love between a merchant's
wife and her servant leads to tragedy. Based on a story
by Chikamatsu and derived from a Bunraku play. Cast includes
Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo, Sakae Ozawa.
In Japanese, with English subtitles. Reviews. |
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Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
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China Nights
(Shina no yoru) |
Kinema Kurabu |
1940 |
VHS b&w |
89 |
Credits:Director:
Osamu Fushimizu. Cast Includes: Kazuo Hasegawa |
Summary:
In the midst of Japan's intensifying invasion of China,
this "national policy" film pairs actors Hasegawa Kazuo
and Li Ko-ran (a Japanese national marketed as a Chinese
actress by the Manchurian Motion Picture Association)
in a historical drama set in Shanghai. Depicts a love
affair between a Japanese naval officer and a Chinese
war orphan cut short by his call to battle. Directed by
Fushimizu Osamu. In Japanese, no subtitles. |
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Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
|
Chinese, Korean and Japanese Dance |
Asia Society |
1965 |
16mm color |
30 |
Credits
: Produced by the New York City Board of Education. |
Summary:
Examines the origins, history, and development of Asian
dance forms. Compares the techniques of performers in
the various countries, and contrasts Asian forms of dance
with their Western counterparts. |
| Title |
Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
|
Colonel Comes to Japan, The |
Coronet Films |
1981 |
16mm color |
30 |
Credits:
Produced by WGBH-TV, Boston |
Summary:
The proliferation of Japanese imports in the United States
has given rise to a call for protective tariffs. All the
commotion, however, has obscured the fact that American
companies are beginning to carve out markets in Japan.
Chronicles the Kentucky Fried Chicken entry into the Japanese
fast food market, and the adaptations this American company
made to be successful in a foreign market. |
| Title |
Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
|
Coming of the Barbarians, The
(Volume 2 of the Japan Past and Present series) |
Films for the Humanities |
1989 |
VHS Color |
53 |
Credits:
Director: Jean Antoine; Advisers: Iwao Seiichi, Sakamoto
Mitsuru, Wada Mitsuru; Camera: Baudoin Saeremans, Philippe
Theaudiere; Music: Hirose Ryohei, James Madelon; Editor:
Annie Chevallay, Elvire Lerner. Narrator: Robert Lancaster.
|
Summary:
In 1540, Portuguese navigators and Jesuit priests landed
in a Japan of shoguns and samurai, where the arts of warfare
had been refined to hitherto unknown heights of cruelty.
Although Westernisms quickly became the rage in Japan,
the Japanese soon recognized the long arm of colonialism.
Christian priests and converts were persecuted and martyred
and, in 1650, Japan shut tight its doors to the outside.
|
| Title |
Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
|
Conspiracy in Kyoto |
Out of print |
1953 |
16mm color |
21 |
Credits:
Produced by Indiana University Audiovisual Center |
Summary:
Uses scenes from Japanese scrolls of the 12th, 13th, and
14th centuries to tell the story of an innocent man, unjustly
accused of a capital crime, who wins his vindication.
Employs authentic text and music. |
| Title |
Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
|
Cram school
(Faces of Japan - Program 6) |
Intervoice |
1986 |
VHS color |
28 |
Credits:Dick
Briglia and Masanori Nakasone. Hosted by Dick Cavett.
|
Summary:
A look at the Japanese institution of "Yobiko," or cram
school where college-bound high school students prepare
for rigorous entrance exams. Since Japanese high schools
do not concentrate on college prep, cram school has become
a necessary evil, and a rite of passage meant to lead
eventually to financial success and social prestige. Transcript
available. |
| Title |
Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
|
Creative Arts of Japan |
Out of print |
1950 |
16mm color |
25 |
Credits
: Orbit Films. |
Summary
: Introduces aspects of the arts of Japan, from a prehistoric
terra cotta burial figure through the court paintings
of the eighteenth century. Commentary is based partly
on Japanese poetic and historic texts. |
| Title |
Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
|
*Cross and the Gun, The
(Program 1 of Japan: the Changing Tradition)
|
GPN |
1978 |
VHS color |
28 |
Credits:
Please see entry for Japan: the Changing Tradition.
|
Summary:
Presents the history of Japan as one of a constant process
of spontaneous evolution and change. Discusses cultural
and technological influences from the East and West and
their impact on Japanese culture and society. Includes
the influence of Chinese civilization, Portuguese weaponry,
Jesuit missionaries, and later contact with the West in
the mid-1800s. |
| Title |
Distributor |
Year |
Format |
Time
(in minutes) |
|
Cruel Story of Youth
(Seishun Zankoku Monogatari) |
New Yorker Video |
1960 |
VHS color |
107 |
Credits:
Director: Nagisa Oshima; Screenplay: Nagisa Oshima. Cast
Includes: Yusuke Kawazu, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kuga,
Fumio Watanabe, Shinji Tanaka, Yosuke Hayashi, Shinjiro
Matsuzaki, Toshiko Kobayashi, Jun Hamamura, Shinko Ujiie,
Aki Morishima, Yuki Tominaga, Kei Sato, Asao Sano, Kan
Nihonyanagi. |
Summary:
A daring and controversial statement about the disillusionment
which took hold in Japan following World War II, through
the story of a cruel and nihilistic teenage couple who
perform sexual shakedowns on middle-aged men. Reviews.
|
|
[Cut!] The Rights of Japanese Film Directors* |
Director's Guild of Japan |
2008 |
DVD color |
88 |
Credits:
Directed by Shunya Ito; Featuring Koizumi Kyoko, Sano Shiro, Ishikawa Maki, Harada Yoshio, and the Members of the Director's Guild of Japan. |
Summary:
A film in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Director's Guild of Japan. Eng. subtitles. |
