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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Pacific Asia Museum with Huell Howser
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Huell Howser Producations |
2007 |
DVD color |
30 |
Credits:
Host: Huell Howser |
Summary:
In a special episode of "California's Gold," host Huell Howser tours the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California. The museum is one of only four institutions in the United States dedicated exclusively to the arts and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands. |
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Page of Madness, A
(Kurutta Ippeji)
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Foreign Film Classics/Silent Screen Classics |
1927 |
VHS b&w |
30 |
Credits:
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa; Screenplay: Yasunari Kawabata,
Teinosuke Kinugasa |
Summary:
An elderly man works at odd jobs in the lunatic asylum
in hopes to set his wife free who is confined after having
attempted to drown her baby son in a fit of madness many
years ago. It honestly depicts a rather unpleasant subject
and gives a subjective view of the hero's world. |
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*Perfect Blue
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Manga Video |
1997 |
VHS Color |
80 |
Credits:
Director: Satoshi Kon; Screenplay: Sadayuki Murai; Producer:
Hiroaki Inoue; Musics: Masahiro Ikumi; Cinematography:
Hisao Shirai; Art Director: Nobutaka Ike. Cast Includes:
Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura. |
Summary:
Pop singer Mima Kirigoe looks forward to a bright new
career when she quits her chart-topping trio to become
an actress. When she lands a role in a sexually charged
murder mystery. Mima's life begins to fall apart. Reality
and hallucinations merge into a terrifying netherworld
where innocence is lost and dreams become nightmares.
Quickly descending into a dangerous state of paranoid
delusions, Mima discovers Internet sites describing every
intimate detail of her life. Helpless and afraid, she
watches as her associates are threatened and killed by
a mysterious stalker. In the tradition of great suspense
masters, directed Satoshi Kon (Memories), special
advisor Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) and Madhouse Studios
(Ninja Scroll), bring Yoshikazu Takeuchi's thrilling
suspense novel to the screen, in a tour de force that
brings animation to a bold new level. Reviews.
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*The Performing Arts: Part I
(Program 11 of Japan: The Living Tradition
series)
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GPN |
1976 |
VHS color |
28 |
Credits:
See entry
for Japan: The Living Tradition. |
Summary:
Describes
traditional performing arts of Japan including gagaku & bugaku,
No, Kabuki, and Bunraku. |
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*The Performing
Arts: Part II
(Program 12 of Japan: The Living Tradition
series)
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GPN |
1976 |
VHS
color |
28 |
Credits:
See entry
for Japan: The Living Tradition. |
Summary:
Continues
the discussion of Japan's performing arts introduced in Part I.
Also presents a selection of modern theatical offerings including
cinema and the works of director Akira Kurosawa. |
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Picturesque Japan
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Out
of print |
1951 |
16mm
color |
20 |
Credits:
Japan Travel
Information Office |
Summary:
Presents scenes
of points of interest to tourists in Japan. |
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Portrait of an Onnagata
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Films
for the Humanities & Sciences |
1995 |
VHS
color |
30 |
Credits:
Japan Travel
Information Office |
Summary:
This program
looks at the history of Kabuki and the role of women, and looks
particularly at the dynastic development of the onnagata- the
female impersonator- and the intricate techniques and details
by which a thoroughly masculine male transforms himself into a
man's dream of the womanly woman: more feminine and more perfect
than any real woman, young lover, geisha, or princess. |
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Principles and Practices of Zen
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Films
for the Humanities & Sciences |
1992 |
VHS
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130 |
Credits:
Mitsuhiro
Wada; NHK - Japan Broadcasting Corporation |
Summary:
Follows
a Zen student priest to show the physical and mental discipline
associated with the process leading to satori, or enlightenment.
Demonstrates the rigors and estetic delicacy, as well as the personal
abnegation and the devotion to principles demanded of a Zen master.
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Proper Place in the World
(Japan, Part 4)
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MPI
Video |
1987 |
VHS
color |
60 |
Credits:
WTTW-TV,
Chicago and Central Independent Television. Hosted
by Jane Seymour. |
Summary:
Examines
Japan's emergence onto the world state during the 20th century,
exploring the different actions and reactions of the nature during
World War II and the postwar American occupation.
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Rain
of Ruin: A photographic History of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The
Video Project |
1995 |
VHS
color |
56 |
Credits:
Donald
M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon, and J. Michael Wenger. |
Summary:
Rain
of Ruin presents a definitive examination
of the political and military history of the three months leading
up to the atomic bombings of Japan - a little understood period
that shaped the world's geo-political landscape for the next 50
years. Two historical scholars present the principal theories
which explain why the bombing occurred, revealing it to be a more
complex event than normally believed. |
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Ran
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CBS-Fox
Video |
1985 |
VHS
color |
160 |
Credits:
Director:
Akira Kurosawa; Screenplay: Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo
Oguni; Music: Toru Takemitsu, Cinematography: Asakazu Nakai, Takao
Saitô, Masaharu Ueda; Producer: Katsumi Furukawa, Masato Hara,
Hisao Kurosawa, Serge Silberman. Cast Includes: Tatsuya Nakadai,
Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko
Miyazaki, Masayuki Yui, Kazuo Kato, Peter, Hitoshi Ueki, Jun Tazaki,
Norio Matsui, Hisashi Igawa, Kenji Kodama, Toshiya Ito, Takeshi
Kato, Takashi Nomura, Tokie Kanda, Sawako Kochi, Reiko Nanjo,
Kumeko Otowa, Heihachiro Suzuki, Haruko Togo. |
Summary:
Akira
Kurosawa's acclaimed masterpiece, an interpretation of "King Lear"
mixing Japanese history, Shakespeare's plot and Kurosawa's own
feelings about loyalty. Set in 16th century Japan, an aging ruler
attempts to divide his hard-won kingdom among three sons. Ensuing
events ultimately drive the old man insane, shatter his kingdom,
and destroy his family. In Japanese, with English subtitles. Reviews.
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Rashomon
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Embassy
Home Video |
1950 |
VHS
b&w |
83 |
Credits:
Director:
Akira Kurosawa; Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto;
Producer: Minoru Jingo, Masaichi Nagata; Cinematography: Kazuo
Miyagawa; Music: Fumio Hayasaka. Cast Includes: Toshirô Mifune,
Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro
Ueda, Fumiko Honma, Daisuke Katô. < /td>
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Summary:
Akira
Kurosawa's acclaimed story of a murder and rape, told in flashback
from four different points of view. Each interpretation presents
the teller in a favorable light, raising questions about the nature
of truth. In Japanese, with English subtitles.
Reviews.
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*Rebirth of a Nation
(Program 7 of Japan: the Changing Tradition)
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GPN |
1978 |
VHS
color |
28 |
Credits:
Please see
entry for Japan: the Changing Tradition. |
Summary:
Discusses
Japan's post-war years with its reforms centering around the new
Constitution which went into effect on May 3, 1947. Includes Japan's
"economic miracle" recovery, the San Francisco Peace
Treaty of 1951, and the renegotiation of the Security Treaty,
Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit to Japan, and rioting in Tokyo in
1960. |
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Record of
a Tenement Gentleman
(Nagaya shinshiroku)
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New
Yorker Video |
1947 |
VHS
color |
28 |
Credits:
Director:
Yasujiro Ozu; Screenplay: Tadao Ikeda, Yasujiro Ozu. Cast Includes:
Hohi Aoki, Choko Iida, Shohichi Kawamura, Hideko Mimura, Eitarô
Ozawa, Chishu Ryu, Takeshi Sakamoto, Eiko Takamatsu, Mitsuko Yoshikawa.
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Summary:
This timeless
classic follows the hilarious misadventures of an abandoned child
who picks an unwilling surrogate mother: a grumpy, independent,
middle-aged widow. Although the little boy's chronic bedwetting
threatens to ruin their developing relationship, ultimately the
hardened, childless woman realizes her life is richer and sweeter
because of her growing affection for the child. In Japanese, with
English subtitles. Reviews.
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Red Lion
(Akage)
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Samurai
Cinema |
1969 |
VHS
color |
116 |
Credits:
Director:
Kihachi Okamoto; Screenplay: Sakae Hirosawa, Kihachi Okamoto.
Cast Includes: Toshirô Mifune, Etsushi Takahashi, Shigeru Kôyama,
No Terada, Shima Iwashita, Yunosuke Ito, Tokue Hanazawa, Takahiro
Tamura, Yûko Mochizuki, Kawai Okada, Nobuko Otowa, Minori Terada,
Jitsuko Yoshimura. |
Summary:
When winds
of change sweep Japan, overthrowing three centuries of Shogunate
Rule, Gonzo, a peasant, enlists in the Imperial Restoration Force,
which promises to reform the oppressive practices of the past.
When the advance guard approaches his old home town, he convinces
his commander to let him ride ahead and prepare the locals for
the advent of the New World Order. When he triumphantly rides
into town wearing the Red Lion Mane of office he borrowed from
his commander, he expects a warm welcome, but gets far more than
he bargained for. His friends think he's going to save them, the
incompetent local officials think he's after their heads, a secret
band of Shogunate fanatics want him dead and he can't even read
his own proclamations! In Japanese with English subtitles. Reviews.
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*Religious Experience: Part I
(Program 13 of Japan: The Living Tradition
series)
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GPN |
1976 |
VHS
color |
28 |
Credits:
See entry
for Japan: The Living Tradition. |
Summary:
Explores a
variety of ways the Japanese express their religious impulses.
Emphasises the sense of appreciation of ritual in everyday life.
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*Religious Experience: Part II
(Program 14 of Japan: The Living Tradition
series)
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GPN |
1976 |
VHS
color |
28 |
Credits:
See entry
for Japan: The Living Tradition. |
Summary:
Emphasizes
the Japanese practice of mixing the Shinto, Buddhist, and Christian
religions. |
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Reporter's
Story, A
(Faces of Japan - Program 17)
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Intervoice |
1986 |
VHS
color |
28 |
Credits:
Masanori Nakasone.
Hosted by
Dick Cavett. |
Summary:
A look at
journalism in Japan through the work of senior reporter Toshiyuki
Takahashi. Covers the 1985 election for Prime Minister, as Toshiyuki
visits press clubs to meet with senior public officials to track
down leads and writie his story. Transcript available. |
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*Revere
the Emperor, Expel the Barbarian
(Program 2 of Japan: the Changing Tradition)
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GPN |
1978 |
VHS
color |
28 |
Credits:
Please see
entry for Japan: the Changing Tradition. |
Summary:
Presents the
years between 1853, when Commodore Perry "opened" Japan,
to the Meiji Restoration of 1868. |
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*Rich Country,
Strong Military
(Program 3 of Japan: the Changing Tradition)
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GPN |
1978 |
VHS
color |
28 |
Credits:
Please see
entry for Japan: the Changing Tradition. |
Summary:
Chronicles
the development of Japanese government and society during the
Meiji period. Begins with the relocation of the capital from Kyoto
to Tokyo and continues with the samurai revolts, the modeling
of the new Japanese government on imperial Germany, the Constitution
of 1889, the Rescript on Education, the modernization and industrialization
of the economy, and the death of the Meiji Emperor in 1912. |
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Rikyu
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Capitol
Entertainment |
1989 |
VHS
color |
116 |
Credits:
Director:
Hiroshi Teshigahara; Screenplay: Genpei Agasegawa, Hiroshi Teshigahara;
Music: Toru Takemitsu; Cinematography: Fujio Morita. Cast Includes:
Rentaro Mikuni, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kyôko Kishida,
Tanie Kitabayashi, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Ryo Tamura, Koshiro Matsumoto,
Kichiemon Nakamura, Yasosuke Bando, Akira Kubo, Keishi Arashi,
Hisashi Igawa, Ichirô Zaitsu, Hideo Kanze, Masao Imafuku, Ruis
Marques, Donald Richie. |
Summary:
A feature
which illustrated the classic struggle between the impulse to
create and the impulse to destroy. English subtitles. Reviews.
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Ripples
of Change
(Onna kara onnatachi e)
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Women
Make Movies |
1993 |
VHS
color |
57 |
Credits:
Nanako Kurihara |
Summary:
Powerful political
analysis is combined with passionate personal story in this exceptional
documentary about the Japanese women's liberation movement in
the 1970s and its influence on contemporary Japanese society.
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*Road to
Disaster, The
(Program 6 of Japan: the Changing Tradition)
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GPN |
1978 |
VHS
color |
28 |
Credits:
Please see
entry for Japan: the Changing Tradition. |
Summary:
Discusses
Japan's military and political activities from the "2-26
Incident& quot; in 1926, to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
in 1945. |
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Romance
of Silk, The
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Out
of print |
1955 |
16mm
b&w |
14 |
Credits:
Palmer Films |
Summary:
Describes
the Japanese silk industry. Shows how primitive hand labor and
factory methods are combined. |
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Running
and Running for Mayor
(Faces of Japan - Program 12)
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Intervoice |
1986 |
VHS
color |
28 |
Credits:
Dick Briglia
and Masanori Nakasone.
Hosted by Dick Cavett. |
Summary:
A look at
a village election in Japan, pitting Yutaka Yokosawa, a liquor
store owner who has been mayor for twelve years, against innkeeper
Waichi Shimokawa, who is unhappy with the status quo in their
resort town. Transcript available. |
