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