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1) High and low
Series
Criterion collection volume 24
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
日本語
Description
A wealthy manufacturer is ruined by a kidnapper who demands a huge ransom for what turns out to be the man's chauffeur's son.
2) Ran
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
In 16th century Japan, an aging ruler attempts to divide his kingdom among his three sons, who turn against each other and betray their father, triggering events that ultimately shatter the kingdom, destroy the family, and drive their father insane.
Series
Criterion collection volume 912
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (28 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
日本語
Description
Yukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents. Also involved are the daughter of one of Yukinojo's targets, two master thieves, and a swordsman who himself is out to kill Yukinojo.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (280 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
In the late twenties and early thirties, Yasujiro Ozu was working steadily for Shochiku studios, honing his craft on dozens of silent films in various genres, from romantic melodramas to college comedies to gangster pictures -- and, of course, movies about families. In these three droll domestic films -- Tokyo Chorus, I Was Born, But, and Passing Fancy, presented here with all-new scores by renowned silent-film composer Donald Sosin -- Ozu movingly...
Series
Criterion collection volume 298
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
In post-World War II Tokyo a group of prostitutes band together to protect themselves. All goes well until an ex-soldier stumbles upon their well-ordered existence.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 comic book ([24] pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
日本語
Description
When Risa Koizumi, the tallest girl in class, is cast with Atsushi Otani, the shortest boy in class, as the unwilling stars of a bizarre romantic comedy duo, Risa develops feelings towards Otani as their friendship develops, leaving her to see if she can be honest with herself and get over her lovely complex.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Daigo Kobayashi, a cellist, dreamt of going around the world with his wife Mika. Unfortunately, the orchestra folds, so he sells his instrument, retreats to the small town he came from, lives in his late mother's house, and tries to start a new life. He answers a classified ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is for a travel agency. Daigo's actual responsibilities entail preparing the local decedents for their "casketing," a process with an elaborate...
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
A schoolgirl named Shizuku, who longs to discover her true talents, meets the mysterious Seiji, a boy who is determined to follow his dreams, and The Baron, a magical cat who helps her listen to the whispers in her heart.
Series
Criterion collection volume 384
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages ; illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
Enokizu looks and talks like the man next door, which is what makes him so dangerous. He charms strangers and seduces women with just the right word, robbing them of their secrets first, their fortunes next, and finally their lives.
10) Pulse =: Kairo
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
A group of young friends is rocked by the sudden suicide of one of their own and his subsequent ghostly reappearance in grainy computer and video images. More deaths follow as the world is slowly being drained of life.
Series
Criterion collection volume 2
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
日本語
Description
This epic masterpiece is about a group of 16th century samurai who are hired to defend a small Japanese village that finds itself annually raided by an army of bandits who steal the meager crops harvested by the peasants. Tired of relinquishing their food supply but woefully inept in combat skills, the villagers decide to hire a band of samurai to protect them. In addition to the primary conflict between the villagers and the bandits, much of the...
12) Seven samurai
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (207 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
Language
日本語
Description
This epic masterpiece is about a group of 16th century samurai who are hired to defend a small Japanese village that finds itself annually raided by an army of bandits who steal the meager crops harvested by the peasants. Tired of relinquishing their food supply but woefully inept in combat skills, the villagers decide to hire a band of samurai to protect them. In addition to the primary conflict between the villagers and the bandits, much of the...
13) Dodesuka-den
Series
Criterion collection volume 465
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
This film follows the lives of the people who live in a slum, built in a garbage dump. A mentally disabled boy is obsessed with streetcars, driving an imaginary streetcar around, chanting "Dodes'ka-den! Dodes'ka-den!" -- mimicking the sound of the wheels. Some of the neighbors are a young woman living with her lecherous uncle; a pair of friends who get drunk and swap wives; a possibly mentally ill beggar and his son who live in a deserted car; and...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1237
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert
Language
日本語
Description
Japanese New Wave renegade Masahiro Shinoda transforms a classic Kabuki tale with his own extravagant visual style in this dimension-shattering folk-horror fantasia. When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town's inhabitants -- including lovers Akira (Go Kato) and Yuri (Kabuki legend Tamasaburo...
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