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61) Yo-yo girl cop
Publisher
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Highly trained in martial arts, armed with a deadly steel yo-yo and an undercover identity, K infiltrates an elite high school, Seisen Academy. Her mission: to identify and eliminate suspected terrorists. Her only lead is an underground website with an ominous timer counting down the minutes. Wielding her deadly yo-yo, K must stop the terrorists before they achieve their apocalyptic plot to destroy the city.
Publisher
Manga Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Master thief Lupin III, a.k.a. 'The Wolf, ' and his right-hand gunman Jigen are hot on the trail of a double-crossing couterfeiter. But when their search leads them to the secluded European country of Cagliostro, they find far more than they bargained for. Lupin unwittingly attracts the attention of the nation's mysterious monarch when he tries to help a damsel in distress escape the Count's henchmen, and in the process stumbles upon the key to finding...
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (574 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells of the journey of the well-intentioned yet naive Kaji from labor camp supervisor to Imperial Army soldier to Soviet POW. Constantly trying to rise above a corrupt system, Kaji time and again finds his morals an impediment rather than an advantage.
64) Casshern
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the late 21st century, Earth is in crisis and the future of mankind is at risk. Hope lies in a geneticist's discovery of a "Neo-Cell" which can rejuvenate the human body, but it is used by an evil corporation to create a race of mutants bent on the annihilation of humanity. A powerful warrior, Casshern, emerges in the battle against this new menace. Only he can save the human race as it fights an ultimate war against its own extinction.
65) Ninja scroll
Publisher
Manga Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Feudal Japan - a time of danger, intrigue, and deception. Jubei is a masterless ninja who travel the land alone, hiring his services to those with gold - or a worthy cause."
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A clan lord orders an aging swordsman to have his son marry the lord's mistress, but reverses his decision after the young couple falls in love. The samurai rebels against his master when the master demands back his mistress, who has become the samurai's beloved daughter in law.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a mythical world filled with magic and bewitchment, crops are dwindling, dragons have reappeared, and humanity is giving way to chaos. Journey with Lord Archmage Sparrowhawk, a master wizard, and Arren, a troubled young prince, on a tale of redemption and self-discovery as they search for the force behind a mysterious imbalance in the land of Earthsea.
68) Stray dog
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2004, c1949
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A bad day gets worse for rookie detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo's sweltering streets for the thief, whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, the cop and the criminal's lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami's own dark side.
69) Ringu
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger."--Container.
70) Perfect blue
Publisher
Manga Video
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
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, Mina's life begins to fall apart. Reality and hallucinations merge into a terrifying netherworld where innocence is lost and dreams turn into nightmares. Quickly descending into a dangerous state of paranoid delusions, Mina discovers Internet sites describing every minute...
71) Ponyo
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Formats
Description
A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship before Ponyo's father forces her to return to the sea. Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the balance of nature and only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true.
72) Tokyo sonata
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Story of a contemporary Japanese family torn apart after its patriarch unexpectedly loses his job. Ashamed, he keeps this a secret, but as he grows more despondent, his family resorts to drastic measures to break away from their fractured lives.
73) Throne of blood
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.
74) The only son
Series
Criterion collection volume 525
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
The story examines the motherly love of a peasant woman who gives up everything so that her son can receive education in Tokyo. Ten years later, the mother pays her son a visit in Tokyo, believing that he has become a successful young man. However, upon arrival, she is bitterly disappointed to find out that her son is working as a night-school teacher and living in poverty with his family.
Series
Criterion collection volume 442
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (156 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([20] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
An elegant, emotional chronicle of a teacher's unwavering commitment to her students, her profession, and her sense of morality. It takes a simultaneously sober and sentimental look at the epic themes of aging, war, and death.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A new film by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki explores the accidental movie career of Toshiro Mifune, one of the true giants of world cinema. Mifune made sixteen remarkable films with director Akira Kurosawa during the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema. Together they thrilled audiences and influenced filmmaking around the world, providing direct inspiration for The Magnificent Seven and Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood's breakthrough, A...
77) Naked lunch
Series
Criterion collection volume 220
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (31 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
Part-time pest-control man and full-time drug addict Bill Lee (Weller) seeks escape from his troubled existence in 1953 New York and flees to Interzone (a hallucinatory version of Tangiers) where reality and fantasy have merged. It's a strange, surreal landscape inhabited by mugwumps, half-alien, half-insect creatures, man-sized centipedes, carnivorous typewriters and bizarre humans. Compelled to make sense of this alien territory, he writes a book...
Series
Criterion collection volume 526
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
A widowed high school teacher finds that the more he tries to do what is best for his son's future, the more they are separated.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Takada is an aging Japanese fisherman who has been estranged from his son for many years. When the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. When his son refuses to see him, Rie gives him a videotape about the work his son was doing on a documentary film in a remote region of China's Yunnan province. Still troubled by the relationship, Takada decides to go to China and complete his son's work in part...
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