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Aging game [videorecording] / TVE International ; director and series producer Charlotte Metcalf.
Call Number: DVD HQ1061 .A459 2004
This five-part series begins with an assessment of global demographics, focusing on the incredible rise of elderly populations worldwide, and then looks at the welfare of senior citizens in Tunisia, Japan, Nigeria, and India.
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Atomic cafe [videorecording] / the Archives Project ; produced and directed
by Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty.
Call Number: DVD D843 .A796 2002
"A compilation of archival film clips beginning with the first atomic bomb detonation in the New Mexico desert. The footage, much of it produced as government propaganda, follows the story of the bomb through the two atomic attacks on Japan that ended World War II to the bomb’s central role in the cold war. Shown along with the famous ’duck and cover’ Civil Defense films are lesser-known clips, many of which possess a bizarre black humor when seen today"--Amazon.com.
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Buddhism [videorecording] : the middle way of compassion / produced by Delphi Productions, ltd.
Call Number: VIDEO BQ4012 .B84 1993
This program, shot on location in India, Nepal, Thailand and Japan, explores the history, development, art, and influence of Buddhism in the world.
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Early working years [videorecording] / presented by TDK in cooperation with The Asia Society.
Call Number: VIDEO DS882.5 .E36 1989
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Fog of war [videorecording] : eleven lessons from the life of Robert S. McNamara.
Call Number: DVD E840.4.M46 F64 2004
The story of American politics and military policies as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara. McNamara is a controversial and influential political figure. He offers a candid journey through some of the most seminal events in contemporary American history. He offers insights into the 1945 fire bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War.
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Four families [videorecording] / National Film Board.
Call Number: VIDEO HQ769 .F687 1980
A comparison of child rearing practices in India, France, Japan, and Canada. Anthropologist Margaret Mead discusses how the upbringing of the child contributes to a distinctive national character.
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Gojira [videorecording] = Godzilla / Toho Co., Ltd. ; director, Ishiro Honda.
Call Number: DVD PN1997 .G547 2006
Testing of nuclear weapons over the Pacific Ocean triggers the awakening of a 400-foot, fire-breathing prehistoric lizard who begins to wreak havoc on the city of Tokyo.
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Hiroshima [videorecording] / BBC.
Call Number: DVD D767.25.H6 H57674563 2006
Set in the three weeks from the test explosion in New Mexico to the dropping of the bomb, the action takes viewers into the room where the crucial political decisions are made, on board the Enola Gay, inside the bomb as it explodes, and in Hiroshima.
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Hiroshima [videorecording] / Showtime Networks, Inc., in association with Hallmark Entertainment and Adelson Entertainment presents a Telescene Communications Inc. (Canada)-Daiei Company Ltd. in association with Cine Bazar (Japan).
Call Number: VIDEO D767.6 .H56 1995
The story of the final months of World War II, portraying the events that led to the decision which would change the course of human destiny.
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Illustrated handscroll tale of Genji [videorecording] / [produced by]
Video Champ ; co-production, CR-NEXUS.
Call Number: VIDEO ND1059.6.G4 I448 1993
Presents and describes the 12th century handscroll version of Genji monogartari (The tale of Genji), an 11th century Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu.
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Insider and outsider [videorecording] / writers, Nigel McCarth, Pria Viswalingam ; director, Pria Viswalingam ; series producer, Will Davies.
Call Number: DVD HD62.4 .I47 2003
This program presents three businesspeople who bridge cultures, enabling their companies to thrive abroad: Shoza Honda, chairman of Spike, and Australian Internet company launching a branch in Japan; Arun Abey, executive chairman of IPAC Securities, an international financial management company trying to expand into India; and Pradip Shah, a venture capitalist and founder of India’s first credit agency.
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Japan [videorecording] : memoirs of a secret empire / written by Joan Owens-Meyerson, Deborah Ann Desnoo, Lyn Goldfarb ; produced & directed by Lyn Goldfarb, Deborah Ann Desnoo.
Call Number: DVD DS871 .J37 2004
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.
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Japanese woman [videorecording] / ; a Psychomedia production ; National Film Board of Canada Pacific production ; Centre Productions ; written, directed and edited by Kalle Lasn.
Call Number: VIDEO HQ1762 .J37 1984
The lifestyle of women in Japan remained virtually unchanged for centuries. Then came World War II and Gen. McArthur’s "Grand Design"--a plan for democracy that revolutionized the status of Japanese women. And yet, in some ways, things have not changed very much. Interviews with modern Japanese women, WW II and postwar footage, and depictions of the typical Japanese woman’s lifestyle show that the West may have introduced "women’s liberation" to Japan, but the women of this country are still searching for ways to overcome old prejudices and to develop their own unique approach to the issue.
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Lost in translation [videorecording] / Focus Features presents in association with Tohokushinsha an American Zoetrope/Elemental Films production ; produced by Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola ; written & directed by Sofia Coppola.
Call Number: DVD PN1997 .L673 2003
A middle-aged actor and the wife of a photographer meet while on business in Tokyo. They strike up an unusual friendship in the hotel bar that helps them both overcome boredom and loneliness.
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Memoirs of a geisha [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present an Amblin Entertainment Red Wagon Entertainment production ; produced by Lucy Fisher & Douglas Wick ; produced by Steven Spielberg.
Call Number: DVD PN1997 .M425 2006
In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto’s Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy in Hatsumomo and she is rescued by Hatsumomo’s bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha’s mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha, she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue.
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Samurai Japan [videorecording] : a journey back in time] / Cromwell Productions Ltd.
Call Number: VIDEO DS836 .S35 2000
Explores the history and architecture of the ancient world and featuring graphics, computer animation, and location footage. Visits the great monuments, pagodas, and temples of buddhist Japan and considers the Samurai warriors and their code of Bushido which stresses honor, self-discipline, bravery, and simple living, as it examines the traditional society of Japan and its emphasis on balance, order, and calm.
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Shinto [videorecording] : nature, gods, and man in Japan / Japan Society Film Center.
Call Number: VIDEO BL2220 .S48 2005
Traces the development of Shinto to the present day. Shows ancient ritual sites still used today as well as some major shrines. Also portrays great works of Shinto religious art.
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Shinto festival music [videorecording] / written by William P. Malm, Sidney D. Brown and Eugene Enrico ; produced and directed by Eugene Enrico and David Smeal.
Call Number: VIDEO ML340.5 .S55 1994
Describes the music and theatricals of Shinto which has remained fundamental to the Japanese lifestyle.
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Shogun [videorecording]
Call Number: VIDEO PR6053 .S56 1992
Richard Chamberlain plays Blackthorne, an English navigator shipwrecked on the shores of feudal Japan, who becomes a samurai. Mifune is Toranaga, the warlord driven to become Sho¯gun - supreme military dictator. Shimada plays Mariko, Blackthorn’s interpreter and ill-fated lover.
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Suburban Tokyo high school students [videorecording] / presented by TDK in cooperation with the Asia Society.
Call Number: VIDEO LB1025.3 .S82 1988
Includes a comparison of high school life in Japan and the United States, a description of the much-talked-about entrance examination for Japanese universities and an article on the role of Japanese mothers in the education
of their children.
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Video game [videorecording] : past, present and future / La Cinquieme-Mosaique Films ; written by Francois Garcon ; produced by Thomas Schmitt ; directed by Thomas Cazalas.
Call Number: DVD GV1469.3 .V534 2004
Traces the history of video games by studying the companies, technologies, and economics that are fueling the industry in Japan, the U.S., and France. It also seeks to understand the driving force behind the video game’s phenomenal cultural penetration while offering insights into the rigorous development and aggressive multichannel marketing of games and game consoles. The inevitable convergence of the video game and film industries and the impact of the Internet as a global gaming environment are also considered.
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W. Edward [i.e. Edwards] Deming [videorecording] : prophet unheard.
Call Number: HD70.U5 W48 1997
Includes rare archival footage of W. Edwards Deming profiling his 14-point management philosophy; outlines how American businesses chose to ignore the concept of quality control which Deming introduced to post-World War II Japan, turning it into an international manufacturing giant; shows case studies of Ford Motor Company and Florida Power and Light.
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WW II, the great war [videorecording] : America's greatest test of freedom.
Call Number: VIDEO D743 .W6 1992
Perhaps no other event in modern history so affected the course of nations and world order as "The Great War" - World War II. Documentary film shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich, the horror of Pearl Harbor, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the surrender of Japan.
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Young family [videorecording] / presented by TDK in cooperation with
The Asia Society.
Call Number: VIDEO DS821 .Y68 1990
"Depicts life in Japan from the perspective of the Japanese, yet in a way that makes Japanese society and culture readily understandable to U.S. students."
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