Search Results: Returned 7 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 7
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2001., Adult, Pioneer Entertainment USA Call No: DVD Fic Akira Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A powerful psychic force known only as Akira resurfaces in Neo-Tokyo in the 21st century. Tetsuo, a young, inexperienced motorcycle biker driven beyond the boundaries of sanity by the power of Akira, is forced to conjure up demons laying dormant within his subconscious.
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-- Umarete wa mita keredoc2008., Criterion Collection Call No: DVD Fic I was born Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)).Summary Note: A portrait of the financial and psychological toils of a family, as two young boys come to understand their father's low status in society.
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[2004], c2003., Adult, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Last Sam Edition: Standard version, full screen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honor to the ultimate test.
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[2008]., Adult, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Letters Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: 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 what was predicted to be a quick and bloody defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat.
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1998., Adult, Fox Lorber Home Video Call No: DVD SHK Fic Ran Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: 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.
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-- Kumonosu-jo.1957, c2003., Adult, Criterion Collection Call No: DVD SHK Fic Throne Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Criterion collection (DVD videodisc) Volume: 190.Summary Note: 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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-- Tokyo no korasu2008., Criterion Collection Call No: DVD Fic Tokyo Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Eclipse Volume: series 10, Silent Ozu.Summary Note: An insurance salesman, Shinji Okajima's colleague was fired for no apparent reason, so he protested against his company's president on behalf of his colleague. Then, Shinji also got fired. He starts working for his old school teacher's restaurant.