Celebrate the Culture of Japan

Holman Library Collections
Japanese Films in English
Learning the Japanese Language
Japanese Special Collection 1
Japanese Special Collection 2

Japanese Films in Japanese & Anime

Akira Kurosawa. Four samurai classics [videorecording]. Call Number: DVD PN1998.3.K87 F68 2002 Four samurai classic films: Seven samurai--Hidden fortress--Yojimbo--Sanjuro.

Hiroshima, mon amour videorcording / Argo Films. In French Call Number: VIDEO PN1997 .H5713 1994 During the filming of an anti-war film in Japan, a French actress falls in love with a Japanese architect. While sharing an intimate relationship, they also begin sharing the memories of a war experienced at opposite sides of the world.

Japanese for busy people [videorecording] / compiled and edited under the supervision of AJALT. Call Number: VIDEO PL539.3 .J28 1986 30 Japanese lessons designed to give a fast, fun and effective way of learning elementary Japanese. Each lesson contains opening dialogue, grammar, basic expressions, useful expressions, and review.

Kaosu [videorecording] = Chaos / Taki Corporation ; Gaga Communications, Inc. ; Suncent CinemaWorks Inc. ; directed by Nakata Hideo ; [producers, Takeo Kodero, Satoshi Kanno, Kimio Hara ; screenplay by Hisashi Saito]. Call Number: DVD PN1997 .C41 2003 A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he makes his ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods and tries to return to his ordinary life. One day, he thinks he spots her walking down the street. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or has she somehow returned from the grave?

Kumonosu-jo [videorecording] = Throne of blood / Toho Kabushiki Kaisha ; screenplay, Oguni Hideo, Kurosawa Akira, Hashimoto Shinobu, Kikushima Ryuzo ; director, Kurosawa Akira. Call Number: DVD PN1997 .T58 2003 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.

Maboroshi no hikari [videorecording] = Maborosi / a New Yorker Films release ; a Milestone film release ; TV Man Union, Inc. presents. Call Number: DVD PN1997 .M2 2000 Haunted by the mysterious loss of her grandmother many years before, a beautiful young mother (Makiko Esumi as Yumiko) struggles to come to terms with the sudden loss of her husband. Yumiko remarries and with her young son moves to her new husband’s home in a remote village on the wild, untamed Sea of Japan. There, with time, she awakens to find love, understanding, happiness and a sense of peace.

Ran [videorecording] / AAA, Acteurs auteurs associe´s ; Revcom ; produced by Serge Silberman and Masato Hara ; directed by Akira Kurosawa. Call Number: VIDEO PN1997 .R353 1993 In 16th century Japan, an aging ruler attempts to divide his kingdom among his three sons. They turn against each other and betray their father, triggering events that ultimately shatter the kingdom, destroy the family, and drive their father insane. Based on Shakespeare’s King Lear.

Rashomon [videorecording] / Daiei Co. ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Call Number: VIDEO PN1997 .R27 1986 Four people involved in the murder of a gentleman in feudal Japan and the seduction of his wife report differing views of what actually happened.

Anime

Barefoot Gen The movies 1 & 2 [videorecording]. Call Number: DVD PN1997 .B34 2006 The bombing of Hiroshima as seen through the eyes of an elementary student living in Japan during WWII. Includes 2 movies.

Ghost in the shell [videorecording] / produced by Kodansha in association with Bandai Visual and Manga Entertainment ; producers, Yoshimasa Mizuo ... [et al.] ; director, Mamoru Oshii. Call Number: DVD PN1997 .G46 1998 In a world caught in the grip of information overload, Major Kusanagi is an elite officer and heavily modified cybernetic agent. She is on the trail of a computer-criminal who turns people into human marionettes, controlled by computer. She discovers that his true identity lies at the center of a vast and lethal political conspiracy.

Hotaru no haka [videorecording] = Grave of the fireflies / Studio Ghibli ; written and directed by Isao Takahata. Call Number: DVD PN1997.5 .G73 2002 Two orphans in war-time Kobe, Japan, face fire-bombs, hunger, homelessness, and despair as the war and their lives come to an end.

Studio Ghibli complete collection [videorecording]. Call Number: DVD PN1997 .S79 2006 A collection of fourteen Japanese anime films directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Tomomi Mochizuki, Yoshifumi Kondou and Hiroyuki Morita.