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1) Ichi
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
2009
Formats
Description
Beautiful Ichi wanders blindly from village to village, searching for the sightless swordsman who long ago taught her to kill. Her technique is exquisite and explosive, her defenses as impenetrable as the darkness in which she moves. Many along her solitary path are touched, some by the sound of her delicate music, others by the edge of her lethal blade.
3) After life
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Koreeda's thought-provoking vision, the newly deceased find themselves in a way station somewhere between Heaven and Earth. With the help of dedicated caseworkers, each soul is given three days to choose one cherished memory for their life that they will relive for eternity. As the film reveals, recognizing happiness and finding a life's worth of meaning in a single event is no simple task.
4) Delbaran
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kaim, a young Afghan boy, runs into Iran after his mother is killed in a bombing and, not knowing where his father is, he finds a home with a married couple running a café.
Series
Criterion collection volume 39
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Reformed killer Tetsu wanders around Japan, awaiting his own execution, until he is called back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang. This edition of the film includes an interview with the director.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A beautiful Japanese young woman goes to Hawaii to marry a man she knows only through his picture. Although she is disappointed when he turns out to be older than his picture led her to believe, she finds that life in this new land is more exciting and satisfying than she expected.
Series
Criterion collection volume 379
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close of World War II and finds harmony through song. A private, thought to be dead, disguises himself as a Buddhist monk and stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment.
8) Naked lunch
Series
Criterion collection volume 220
Publisher
Homevision
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Description
Part-time exterminator and full-time drug addict Bill Lee plunges into the nightmarish netherworld of the Interzone, pursuing a mysterious project that leads him to confront sinister plots and giant talking bugs.
9) Kurosawa
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (215 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A documentary of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa featuring his family, colleagues and critics from Japan and America commenting on the man and his films. Includes excerpts from many of his famous works.
10) Equinox flower
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Ozu's splendid first color film, a stubborn businessman, who disapproves of his daughter's fiance, must learn to embrace modern romance.
Series
Criterion collection volume 319
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 150 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young executive hunts down his father's killer. A tale about corruption in the boardrooms of postwar corporate Japan as seen through the rising executive eyes.
12) Floating weeds
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 leaflet
Description
An aging actor returns to the town where his son lives, who has believed all these years to be his uncle rather than his father.
14) Red Beard
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2002, c1965
Physical Desc
1 DVD (185 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A vain young doctor learns a valuable lesson from the dedicated director of a clinic for destitute patients.
Series
Film Movement volume 4, film 8
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The drama, unfolded around the filming activities on the campus of a university in Tokyo, presents the modern youth of Japan, their personal life and love.
Series
Criterion collection volume 378
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (17 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
The chilling story of a Japanese soldier facing death and cannibalism in a Philippine jungle, after he is denied treatment for tuberculosis. Japanese troops are in retreat in the Philippines. Supplies run out and discipline crumbles.
Publisher
AnimEigo
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.
Description
"In his final portrayal of the Yojimbo charachter, Mifune is hired to perform a mission so mysterious, he isn't told what it is. All he knows is that he is supposed to go to a remote mountain pass and wait for something to happen!"--Container.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of a yellow lab retriever guide dog for the blind named Quill. We follow Quill from the litter, his selection to become a guide, and his life with a foster family until his first birthday, followed by highly specialized schooling in guiding the sightless. He is paired with a blind man who is at first reluctant to rely on Quill. But Quill's great patience, gentleness, and skill eventually win him over and they become inseparable friends.
20) House
Series
Criterion collection volume 539
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After learning that she will be sharing the summer with her father's new girlfriend, a young girl invites some friends to join her at her aunt's house instead. With a sick aunt, a bloodthirsty cat, and evil spirits lurking around, the girls find that it might have been better to stay at home.
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