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2000, p1957., General, Columbia TriStar Home Video Call No: DVD Fic BridgeO Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: British soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy.
![The bridge on the River Kwai [DVD] (1957). Directed by David Lean.](/Library/images/~imageCT65247.JPG "The bridge on the River Kwai [DVD] (1957). Directed by David Lean.")
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-- Okuribito2009, p2008., General, E1 Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Departures Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "When his orchestra disbands, Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) decides to start over and moves back to his small hometown. Desperate for work, he secretly takes a job as a 'Nokanshi', a funeral professional who prepares the deceased for burial and entrance into the next life. But while working with the families of the departed, Daigo embarks on a spiritual journey of his own as he finally experiences the joy and wonder of living."--Container.
![Departures [DVD] (2008). Directed by Yojiro Takita](/Library/images/~imageCT80653.JPG "Departures [DVD] (2008). Directed by Yojiro Takita")
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c2001, p1987., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Empire Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him.
![Empire of the sun [DVD] (1987). Directed by Steven Spielberg.](/Library/images/~imageCT71029.JPG "Empire of the sun [DVD] (1987). Directed by Steven Spielberg.")
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2012., Adult, Entertainment One Films Canada Call No: DVD Bio J61j Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The 85-year-old Jiro Ono is considered by many to be the world's greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of a 10-seat sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station. Despite its humble appearances, it is the first restaurant of its kind to be awarded a prestigious 3-star Michelin review, and sushi lovers from around the globe make repeated pilgrimages, calling months in advance and shelling out top dollar for a coveted seat at Jiro's sushi bar.
![Jiro dreams of sushi [DVD] (2011). Directed by David Gelb.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Jiro dreams of sushi [DVD] (2011). Directed by David Gelb.")
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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.
![Letters from Iwo Jima [DVD] (2008) Directed by Clint Eastwood](/Library/images/~imageCT72387.JPG "Letters from Iwo Jima [DVD] (2008) Directed by Clint Eastwood")
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2008., Criterion Collection Call No: DVD Bio M678s Edition: Special ed.; Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) Volume: 432.Summary Note: A look at acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima, the impossible harmony he created between self, art, and society, and his famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide). Includes interviews, commentary, documentary, and more.
![Mishima [DVD] (1985). Directed by Paul Schrader. : a life in four chapters](/Library/images/~imageCT81775.JPG "Mishima [DVD] (1985). Directed by Paul Schrader. : a life in four chapters")
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c2002, p1950., Criterion Collection Call No: DVD Fic Rashomon Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.
![Rashomon [DVD] (1950). Directed by Akira Kurosawa.](/Library/images/~imageCT69291.JPG "Rashomon [DVD] (1950). Directed by Akira Kurosawa.")
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1999., Criterion Collection Call No: DVD Fic Sanjuro Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) Volume: 53.Summary Note: A samurai turns up in a town where nine young men are plotting to overthrow a corrupt regime. He takes charge of the group and attempts to formulate a plan to deceive the old bosses.
![Sanjuro [DVD] (1962). Directed by Akira Kurosawa](/Library/images/~imageCT80654.JPG "Sanjuro [DVD] (1962). Directed by Akira Kurosawa")
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-- Shichinin no samurai.2006., General, Criterion Collection Call No: DVD Fic Seven S Edition: Special ed. , English subtitled version. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) Volume: 2.Summary Note: Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
![Seven samurai [DVD] (1954). Directed by Akira Kurosawa](/Library/images/~imageCT81334.JPG "Seven samurai [DVD] (1954). Directed by Akira Kurosawa")
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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.
![Throne of blood [DVD] (1957). Directed by Akira Kurosawa](/Library/images/~imageCT72739.JPG "Throne of blood [DVD] (1957). Directed by Akira Kurosawa")
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-- Bodyguard.1999., General, Criterion Collection Call No: DVD Fic Yojimbo Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Criterion collection Volume: 52.Summary Note: In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness. Includes theatrical trailer.
![Yojimbo [DVD] (1961) Directed by Akira Kurosawa : The bodyguard](/Library/images/~imageCT81247.JPG "Yojimbo [DVD] (1961) Directed by Akira Kurosawa : The bodyguard")