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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
"Tom Cruise plays Civil War hero Capt. Nathan Algren, who comes to Japan to fight the Samurai and ends up pledging himself to their cause. Ken Watanabe ... plays Katsumoto, a Samurai leader facing a vanishing way of life, whose destiny becomes intertwined with that of the American captain. Edward Zwick ... directs this sweeping and emotional epic tale of the birth of modern Japan." -- on back cover.
Publisher
A&E Television Network
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished perspective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines - and spine-tingling, first-hand accounts to an already...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
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...
Series
Publisher
Madman [distributor]
Pub. Date
[200?],c1988
Language
日本語
Description
"Two young girls, Satsuki and Mei, have moved with their father into a new home in the country, while their mother recovers from illness in a nearby hospital. To their surprise, they soon discover that they share this home with some rather unusual creatures and even stranger neighbours - forest guardians that the girls dub Totoro. When trouble occurs, their new friends will help them rediscover hope." -- Container.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1967 [2015]
Language
English
Description
WW III nearly breaks out when a U.S. space capsule is swallowed up by what everyone believes is a Russian spaceship. Bond and the British government believe that it is the work of the S.P.E.C.T.R.E. organisation and must find out what their motives are.
9) Bullet train
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Ladybug is an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe, all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives, on the world's fastest train.
Author
Publisher
San Juan Music Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A travelogue that is a passport to truly cosmopolitan adventures. Presenting the most dazzling destinations on the globe, it provides in-depth exploration of all the sights on the civilized traveler's bucket list. Featuring stunning footage and valuable insights into each capital's distinctive customs, cuisine, architecture and landscape. It pairs friendly, knowledgeable narration with the folkloric music that captures the heartbeat of each region....
11) Babies
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Follows four babies from different parts of the globe as they navigate their first year of life. Features Ponijao from Namibia, Bayarjargal from Mongolia, Hattie who lives in San Francisco, and Mari from Tokyo.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
日本語
Description
In 1945, the United States and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them. Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of the island itself, Gen. Kuribayashi's unprecedented tactics transform...
Series
Fast and Furious volume 3
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
To avoid jail time, street racer Sean Boswell is sent to live with his father, who is in the military and serving in Tokyo. There he discovers drift racing. After losing a race to Yakuza-connected D.K., the Drift King, Sean has to enter the Tokyo underworld to find a way to pay his debt.
14) Napping princess
Publisher
GKids
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The year is 2020, three days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. While she should be studying for her exams, Kokone Morikawa is often dozing off, stuck between reality and a dream world full of fantastic motorized contraptions. But after her father, a talented but mysterious mechanic, is arrested for stealing technology from a powerful corporation, it's up to Kokone and her childhood friend Morio to save him.
16) Emperor
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Immediately after Emperor Hirohito's World War II surrender, General MacArthur suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation. He challenges his expert on Japanese culture, General Fellers to provide evidence in ten short days to decide if the Japanese Emperor, worshiped as a god by his people but accused of war crimes, should be punished or saved, as the fate of a nation waits.
17) Silence
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two Catholic missionaries face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan looking for their missing mentor, at a time when Catholicism was outlawed.
18) 47 Ronin Blu-Ray
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and reclaim their honor. This band of ronin must seek help from Kai ... an enslaved half-breed they once rejected--in their ultimate fight for redemption"--Container.
19) Lu over the wall
Publisher
GKids
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Lu comes ashore and adds her mermaid singing to a middle-school rock band, a threatening ancient prophecy follows her, so Kai and her other bandmates step up to come to Lu's--and the village's--rescue.
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