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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.
Series
Criterion collection volume 190
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : col. ill. ; 19 cm.).
Description
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.
3) Chushingura
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (207 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Their lord having been tricked into committing suicide by a corrupt elder court official, a group of 47 samurai who have been forced to become ronin nurse their anger and outrage, each becoming the personification of the samurai spirit, until the time is right to avenge their dead lord's honor.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2014.
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Description
"What did it mean to be a ninja or a samurai? Did they really have special abilities? What was life like for them in ancient Japan? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts behind some of history's most intriguing and secretive figures" -- Amazon.com.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the period between the 16th and 19th centuries in Japan by examining the lives of shoguns, samurais, geishas, and the very few westerners allowed into Japan. Japan was then a world unto itself, closed to outsiders, and ruled by shoguns with absolute control. During this period, Japan transitioned from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace.
7) Kuroneko
Series
Criterion collection volume 584
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011], c1968
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.).
Description
In medieval Japan, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero, to quell what is evidently a ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women, in an eery, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 49
Formats
Description
When Wild Willie showed up at my door and invited me to travel with him to Japan, I jumped at the chance. We were in search of an ancient, legendary samurai scroll that holds the secret to a long-lost fighting technique. The scroll had fallen into the wrong hands, and it was up to me and Wild Willie to track it down and save the day. But first, we would have to fight a group of talented ninjas. Holey cheese -- this would be one adventure I would never...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1057
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A black hitman goes by the name Ghost Dog and lives by the code of the samurai.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
When Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s, he had already traveled much of the known world. Kidnapped as a child, he had ended up a servant and bodyguard to the head of the Jesuits in Asia, with whom he traversed India and China learning multiple languages as he went. His arrival in Kyoto, however, literally caused a riot. Most Japanese people had never seen an African man before, and many of them saw him as the embodiment of the black-skinned...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
Description
"In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan. Raised in traditional samurai households during the turmoil of civil war, three of these unusual ambassadors-- Sutematsu Yamakawa, Shige Nagai, and Ume Tsuda-- grew up as typical American schoolgirls. Upon their arrival in San Francisco they became celebrities,...
13) Smoke in the sun
Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Mariko must uncover deception in the imperial court and rescue Okami, while preparing for her nuptials"--
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