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Genki I Second Edition: Japanese Audio
Genki I Second Edition: Japanese Audio
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Across a Gold Prairie - (2000) An 80 year old man who believes himself to be twenty. An
Audio: Japanese 18 year-old girl who steps into his world. A strange
relationship that wanders between dream and reality. This
Subtitles: Chinese, English
is not a fantasy, but an extremely realistic tale which
97 min, Drama explores what is truly “real” to us.
Castle in the Sky - (1986) Laputa, a floating castle in the sky, was created by a
Audio : Japanese, English mysterious race of people who long ago disappeared from
the planet. A group of ruthless pirates suspect it has
Subtitles: English
treasures and riches beyond imagination. The government
125 min, Action/Romance wants to find out if it holds the power to rule the world.
**Animated Movie Both are chasing a girl named Sheeta in their quest for this
hidden city because only the secret spells passed down to
Sheeta by her grandmother can unlock the puzzle.
Death Note - (2006) Death Note is a series of two live-action Japanese films
Audio: Japanese, English released in 2006 and based on the Death Note manga and
anime series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The films
Subtitles: English
primarily center on a university student who decides to rid
125 min, Fantasy/Thriller the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook
that kills anyone whose name is written in it. The two films
were directed by Shūsuke Kaneko, produced by Nippon
Television, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan.
Dodes’ka-den - (1970) Kurosawa’s first film in color but also the most pessimistic
Audios: Japanese one. Though he had made use of surrealist color and
setting to achieve a happy-go-lucky atmosphere, the film
Subtitles: Chinese, English
inevitably gave audience an intense depressing feelings.
139 min, Drama/Art The leading role is a retarded child who always imitates a
**Black & White tram driver and “drive” around his town. The film focuses
upon the slum life who debase themselves to survive. After
finished the film, Kurosawa’s attempted suicide.
Grave of the Fireflies - (1987) In the aftermath of a WWII bombing, two orphaned
Audio: Japanese, English children struggle to survive in the Japanese countryside. To
Seita and his four-year-old sister, the helplessness and
Subtitles: English
indifference of their countrymen is even more painful than
88 min, Drama/War the enemy raids. Through desperation, hunger and grief,
**Animated Movie these children’s lives are as heartbreakingly fragile as their
spirit and love is inspiring. Grave of the Fireflies is a tale of
the true tragedy of war and innocence lost, not only of the
abandoned young, but of an entire nation.
High and Low - Disc 1 - (1963) Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy
Audio: Japanese industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-
blooded kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's highly influential
Commentary: English
domestic drama and police procedural High and Low.
Subtitle: English Adapting Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom,
143 min, Drama/Thriller Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-
time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a
diabolical treatise on class and contemporary Japanese
society.
Maison Ikkoku Vol 3 A love story which takes place in Japan concerning a college
Audio: English, Japanese boy and his beautiful landlord. Other tenants add to a zany
cast of fun and intriguing members whom can be nosy yet
Subtitles: English
help each other through day to day concerns.
Set of three DVDs
**Animated Series
Episodes 25 – 36
Miyamoto Musashi I - (1961) After Takezo and his friend Matahachi end up on the losing
Audio: Japanese side of the Battle of Sekigahara, Matahachi decided to start
a new life with an older woman. When Takezo returns
Subtitles: English
home to Matahachi’s fiancé Otsu and mother Obaba what
110 mins, Action happened, he end of being hunted as a fugitive—and hung
from the top of a tree by an enigmatic monk.
Miyamoto Musashi II – After three years of study, Takezo has transformed himself
Duel at Hannya Hill - (1962) into a well-educated samurai, and taken a new name –
Miyamoto Musashi. Despite his love for Otsu, he sets out to
Audio: Japanese
continue his training by challenging the swordsmen of the
Subtitles: English Yoshioka Dojo and the spearmen of Hozo’in Temple.
107 mins, Action
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Miyamoto Musashi III – Musashi’s attempts to arrance a duel with renowned
Birth of the Nito-ryu Style - (1963) master Yagyu Sekishuusai put him on the bad side of all of
the master’s students, and lead to the development of this
Audio: Japanese
famous two-sword technique. Meanwhile, the man who will
Subtitles: English cevomehis greatest rival, Sasaki Kojiro, makes an
104 mins, Action appearance.
Miyamoto Musashi IV – After Musashi’s heartfelt meeting with Otsu, where he
Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple - (1964) finally confesses his true feeling, his clash with the Yoshioka
Dojo reaches its climax when he takes on all 73 members in
Audio: Japanese
a single duel. And always nearby is Kojiro, now convinces
Subtitles: English that only Musashi is a worthy adversary.
128 mins, Action
Miyamoto Musashi V – Musashi agrees to duel Kojiro. As he travels to Ganryu
Duel at Ganryu Island - (1965) Island for the most famous duel in Japanese history, some
familiar characters – some good, some bad – will meet him
Audio: Japanese
along the way. Meanwhile, Kojiro’s supporters are busy
Subtitles: English plotting – if Musashi wins, they intend to ensure he doesn’t’
128 mins, Action enjoy his victory for long!
My Neighbor Totoro - (1988) To live nearer to their mother, who is recuperating from an
Audio: Japanese, English, French illness in a hospital, little Mei and her elder sister Satsuki
are moving with their father to a house in the country.
Subtitles: English
Playing in the yard one day, Mei spots a tiny creature and
86 Minutes, Fantasy/Drama follows it into the hollow of a huge tree. There she
**Animated Movie discovers Totoro, a giant, furry creature the size of a small
house, fast asleep. Totoro and his friends cannot be seen
by adults, but only by the children who love them. Mei and
Satsuki fly with Totoro on a warm summer night, plant a
giant tree that grows in minutes and sit high on its
branches. The girls also call on Totoro to help when they
are in trouble.
Peace Child - (2000) Don and Carol Richardson respond to the call of Christ. They
Audio: German, English, French, Spanish, carefully prepare their mission and journey in a canoe to a
remote rain forest inhabited by some of the world’s most
Italian, Japanese, Arabic and Chinese
primitive people. When a inter-tribal warfare breaks out,
Subtitles: English the battles continue until a warring chief offers his son as a
Religious means of bringing lasting peace.
**May contain objectionable material
Rail of the Star - (1993) Chitose,Chiko to her friends, is unaware of the meaning of
Audio: Japanese, English war but as a young Japanese girl growing up in Japanese
occupied Korea during World War II she is soon to learn
Subtitles: English
that soldiers on the battlefield are not the only casualties of
79 min, Drama armed conflict.
**Animated Movie
Rock: Wanko no Shima - (2011) In August of 2000, the residents of Miyakejima are forced to
Audio: Japanese evacuate the island immediately due to a volcanic eruption
and Shin must abandon his dog Rock, whom he had grown
Subtitles: Japanese, English
up with since birth. Years later, the two are miraculously
123 min, Drama/Family reunited.
Shall We Dance? - (1996) A middle-aged workaholic’s incredibly dull life takes a funny
Audio: Japanese, turn when he signs up for a ballroom dance class just to
meet the sexy dance teacher. But when he finally muscles
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
up the nerve for lessons, he winds up with a different
138 min, Drama/Romance instructor and her colorfully eccentric class of beginners!
Spirited Away - (2002) Tale about a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro,
Audio: Japanese, English trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her
parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call
Subtitles: English
upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself
125 min, Fantasy/Mystery and return her family to the outside world.
** Animated Movie
The Wings of the Kirin - (2011) A man is stabbed to death in Tokyo's Nihonbashi area. The
Audio: Japanese victim staggers with the knife still in the wound for eight
minutes before collapsing under the winged statues of two
Subtitle: Japanese, English
Kirin on the famous Nihonbashi bridge. The suspect, on the
140 min, Thriller/Drama other hand, is now in coma, having fled the scene and been
hit by a truck. On hearing this news, his girlfriend, Kaori
Nakahara, insist that he is innocent. The case falls to
Kyoichiro Kaga, a brilliant detective. Kaga realizes that
behind this apparently open-and-shut case is a tangled web
of mystery involving both victim and suspect, and their
families. What was the victim thinking as he died? Will Kaga
unravel the mystery at the heart of the case?
Tokyo Sonata - (2008) Ryûhei Sasaki is keeping a secret from his wife, Megumi,
Audio: Japanese and his two teenage sons. Even though he leaves the house
every day, he's not really going to work. He's going to an
Subtitles: English
employment office. He recently lost his job due to
120 min, Drama outsourcing, but is determined to find another position, all
while supporting an old friend who is also out of work. But
when Megumi accidentally finds out Ryûhei's secret and
doesn't tell him, her trust in him, and their marriage,
suffers.
Train man - (2005) Two young quirky characters fall in love over the Internet,
Audio: Japanese and the film, which uses a split screen and shows the
computer text overlaid on real environments, makes the
Subtitles: English
online chats engaging and believable. Still, the film's formal
Commentary: English experimentation and tech-centered sensibility don't
102 min, Romance/Comedy obscure the fact that the heart of the story is warm and
human.
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